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/aimforthehead90 1d ago

If Trump can independently decide to withhold approved federal funding from liberal states, states can independently decide to not let him destroy their economies.

We need to stop holding ourselves to standards that Trump and his oligarchs are pissing on. Trump and crew removed the idea that we all need to follow the law. We need to protect ourselves from what's coming.