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/btribble California 1d ago

The article says nothing about creating trade agreements. The post title is misleading. This is simply about trying to make sure that retaliatory tariffs don’t target California products.

Interestingly, they mention almonds which are a Central Valley product produced by farmers who are largely MAGA voters, so this isn’t even a Dem thing.

If an Iowa governor wants to send representatives to China saying, “we don’t support Trump or tariffs, please don’t tax corn”, that seems fine. I don’t think China will believe them though.