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/seaQueue 1d ago

We'd probably want to bring OR and WA along for the ride

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u/EMTDawg Utah 1d ago

Make the border the Continental Divide. Otherwise, the great basin states could turn off the water supply. California suffers without the Colorado River if Utah and Arizona turned off the tap. Same for Washington and Oregon if Idaho stops releasing water in the Snake and Columbia Rivers.