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/THSSFC America 1d ago

Because CA is the 5th largest economy in the world, that's why.

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u/Safe-Cat-7289 1d ago

Why are Americans delusional? Why would other countries break their own norms and rule of law? Undermining the presidency is the last thing other countries would want to do in an economic trade war.

Just because you’re an American in a constitutional crisis doesn’t mean the rest of the world is as well.

Stop making a fool of yourselves and think better, this is not going to happen, otherwise those other countries risk their own individual states/provinces engaging in trade as individuals and losing federal powers themselves.

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u/thottieBree 1d ago

What are the norms they're breaking again?

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u/Safe-Cat-7289 1d ago

Seeking a trade deal circumventing federal trade action with a foreign country?

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u/thottieBree 1d ago

I genuinely do not understand why anyone might think this is norm breaking. It quite literally happened under Trump 1.0

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u/Safe-Cat-7289 1d ago

Source?

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u/thottieBree 1d ago

Chinese, Canadian, and European retaliatory tariffs targeted specific States. This isn't rocket science, it's common knowledge.

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u/Safe-Cat-7289 1d ago

Yes, that’s how trade works, you target the bloc as a unit for maximum effect

That doesn’t mean states made trade deals

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u/thottieBree 1d ago

Of course they did. Informally, sure, but they did.

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u/Safe-Cat-7289 1d ago

And I’m a trillionaire, informally but I am

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u/thottieBree 1d ago

With all due disrespect, it is stupid to think U.S. States do not meddle in foreign countries' trade policies. Do you also happen to think U.S. congresspeople do not engage in insider trading?

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u/Safe-Cat-7289 1d ago

Peak American education at work

What the fuck does meddling in politics or congress insider trading have to do with international trade agreements? A state cannot legally create international trade deals, nor would another country agree to one when the power is within the federal governments purview

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u/thottieBree 1d ago

What the fuck does meddling in politics or congress insider trading have to do with international trade agreements?

Could be the fact that a state congressperson cannot legally create international trade deals do insider trading. Just a guess, though.

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