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/wankbollox 1d ago

If Texas can ignore the federal government and make its own immigration policy, then I guess California can make its own trade policy. Seems fair. 

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u/TinFoilBeanieTech 1d ago

States setting their own trade agreements is totally unconstitutional, but we haven't been following that for a while now anyway. I'm hoping the whole west coast can form it's own trade coalition.

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u/erublind Europe 1d ago

A president setting tariffs without congress isn't constitutional either.

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u/TinFoilBeanieTech 1d ago

Congress can delegate their power to the president, and for tariffs it makes sense to have the executive negotiate those agreements. Or it would make sense, if we had a sane President, congress with a spine, and a judiciary that wasn't openly taking bribes. I believe this is called, in the language of constitutional experts, a "cluster fuck".