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/SharpCookie232 1d ago

Same. Here in Massachusetts.

The blue states should secede. On our own or in some kind of partnership with Canada (United States of Canadia?). The red states are an anchor around our neck. We need to cut them loose.

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u/finneyblackphone 1d ago

Canada don't want you.

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u/Ridry New York 1d ago

LOL, imagine pretending any country wouldn't take the GDP of CA.

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u/Kingreaper 1d ago

Plenty of democracies wouldn't - because you aren't just getting the income, you're also getting the people and their cultural influence.

California couldn't really "join" Canada and have it remain Canada - the population of the two is approximately equal, so you'd end up with effectively a new nation of Calida.