r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/Am_I_AI_or_Just_High 1d ago

Since Cali is has a bigger economy than nearly every other country, this is very possible and will make trump look even dumber. Also you don't need GPT to calculate "no more tariffs"

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u/Bruce-7891 1d ago

I'd love this but it sounds illegal as F. A tariff is a tax and a state can't independently decide it's not going to participate in federal taxes.

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u/Am_I_AI_or_Just_High 1d ago

Well what if CA just declines to hand over tariffs to the fed and sues for it's right not to, since trump has broken the intent of the law with his bullshit tariffs.

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u/MIT_Engineer 1d ago

Well what if CA just declines to hand over tariffs to the fed

CA doesn't collect the tariffs in the first place, the federal government collects them directly, so this isn't an option.