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/doyletyree 1d ago

Gonna be tough. Those states have a lot of Republican representation in the farmlands. I won’t be surprised to see some feet shot through by their users.

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u/TinFoilBeanieTech 1d ago

Correct. I grew up in a very "red" (conservative, christian nationalist) area and it worries me how much liberals underestimate the indoctrination. Liberals would grudgingly go to war if pushed, christian nationalists have been jonesing for it for decades. As a kid I remember looking forward to the day god called us to rise up against the heathens.

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u/doyletyree 1d ago

You can still look forward to that day, if you like. No disrespect here.

I, also, grew up in a very red area and I’ve traveled California enough to recognize like mindedness and a surprising amount of it. Folks don’t understand the socioeconomic and philosophic polarization in that area.