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/illuminaughty1973 1d ago

one out of every seven dollars in the usa is produced by California....

Trump has lost before he starts.... and that assuming new york, washington , and a lot of other blue states dont join.

bet Trump does not like states rights all of a sudden.

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u/Rickbox 1d ago

I suspect the other blue states are going to see how this plays out before making a move.

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u/CAL9k 1d ago

I could see Michigan following suit if California is successful. We are so tied to Canada in terms of energy and the automotive industry.

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u/lost-picking-flowers 1d ago

Could see the entire northeast jumping on the wagon tbh. Any state that has a governor who is not completely brainwashed or held hostage by a brainwashed state legislature. But I could see the sheer unpopularity of these tariffs even compelling red states to break with dear leader.

I remember during the early part of the pandemic when things got really bad for the first time in the northeast corridor the Trump admin deliberately withheld PPE from the states and Maryland had to bypass his admin and negotiate directly with South Korea for PPE. I feel like this admin has just been a direct continuation of the worst and most maliciously chaotic periods during the pandemic, same energy for sure.