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/gplfalt 1d ago

You're saying reasons why it would be good for California but that wasn't the question I was asking.

I was asking why the ever tucking hell would a nation risk further tariffs and Trump retaliation just to lend a hand to California?

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u/KonigSteve 1d ago

Perhaps a state subsidy on particular products (that it primarily imports from China)?

He literally said the reason here.

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u/Statcat2017 1d ago

No sane country would make this deal because then Trump would just go "ok then you can double your tarriff".

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u/Amish_guy_with_WiFi 1d ago

It's literally a trade war. Countries are going to go back and forth on raising tarriffs until one budges or implodes. America will probably implode since that's what Trump (Putin) wants.