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/Automatic-Wonder-299 California 1d ago

On One hand, that’s pretty unconstitutional

On the other hand, the constitution has already been shredded at this point, so who care

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u/my_nameborat 1d ago

At this point as someone living in a red state, fuck the red states. Blue states should form a trade coalition that bypasses all of it because the rules apparently no longer matter

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u/InterestingTry5190 Illinois 1d ago

Pritzker already has a trade agreement for Illinois with Mexico. I’m sure they could set-up something like some did during COVID.

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u/WertherMyschkin 1d ago

It’s important to note that this trade agreement is not with the country of Mexico, but rather with Edomex—one of the 31 states that make up the country of Mexico. Hence, Pritzker didn’t negotiate with Claudia Sheinbaum, but rather with governor Delfina Gómez.

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u/TraditionalClick992 Canada 1d ago

He also can't sidestep Trump's tariffs. It's neat I guess to be making deals with Mexican states, but I don't see how it works around Trump's tariffs in any meaningful way. Unless he's going to establish an illegal port of entry that CBP doesn't control.

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u/BikingThroughCanada 1d ago

That's the logical next step. Or use state forces to seize existing ones.