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/ToughTalkingTurtle 1d ago

Is it true that he didn't place tariffs on Russia?

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u/Attack-Cat- 1d ago

Yes, but to be fair the US and Russia have minimal trade relations. There is about $3 billion in trade between Russia and the U.S. per year. That the amount of good that crosses the US / Canada border PER DAY. Russia also has sanctions on it.

So it’s bad Russia got left out (because obviously trump is tanking the economy for the benefit of oligarchs and Russia) but also it’s not theat much of a flex to point out Russia isn’t included

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u/NetworkSingularity 1d ago

to be fair the US and Russia have minimal trade relations

This line of defense completely falls apart when you realize that islands that are uninhabited except for penguins are on the tariffs list. Last I checked, our trade relations with penguins are also pretty minimal.

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u/Attack-Cat- 1d ago

Many of those islands are part of the commonwealth so they get wrapped up in tariffs of larger countries or put in place to prevent using them to go around tariffs on larger countries. I completely think trump is in russias pocket and that’s even the reason it’s not facing tariffs, I just don’t think it’s a surprise or big news and I think the Russia versus small islands thing kind of makes the people using it as a smoking gun look a little alarmist, I dunno - could be wrong, but I don’t like it