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/ciel_lanila I voted 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just looked the raw GDP numbers in case anyone is curious. .

  • US with CA: $30.338 trillion
  • European Union (as a whole): $20.29 trillion
  • China: $19.535 trillion
  • Germany: $4.922 t
  • Japan: $4.390 t
  • India: $4.270 t
  • California: $4.1 t
  • UK: $3.731 t
  • Skipping a few
  • Russia: $2.197 t

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u/SweetAlyssumm 1d ago

We also have a bunch of military bases. We could almost actually do this.

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u/PhilbertNoyce 1d ago edited 1d ago

Much as I'd love to see them pull it off, it's not going to happen. Most of rural California would not go along with it. They could and would sabotage roads, power stations, gas lines, water supplies, etc. There is no way the governor and the CA national guard could even begin to bring a situation like that under control if the majority of people outside the big cities aren't onboard. You'd have an unmitigated disaster on your hands even if the feds just stepped back and said "Fine, go for it." Which they won't because they're actively hostile.

If you don't have enough cynicism in your life yet, check out the "It Could Happen Here" podcast by Robert Evans. It's not enjoyable but it's something more people definitely should have been listening to.

edit: Fixed formatting and mobile mistakes

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u/Electrifying2017 California 1d ago

Just give it time. Rural California is currently buckling from all the fed cuts and tariffs.