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/Am_I_AI_or_Just_High 1d ago

Since Cali is has a bigger economy than nearly every other country, this is very possible and will make trump look even dumber. Also you don't need GPT to calculate "no more tariffs"

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u/scsuhockey Minnesota 1d ago

Illegal or legal, I'm trying to figure out by what mechanism can California prevent the CPB (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) from collecting tariffs? The imports come into the docks and airports and aren't released until tariffs are paid to CPB. How does California disrupt that process?