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/ChinDeLonge 1d ago

He has one with Canada and Japan as well now.