r/politics 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/okram2k America 1d ago

The president setting tariff rates is also a violation of the separation of powers laid out in the constitution but we decided it was okay for congress to give their power to the executive branch for some reason.

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u/UnderstandingBorn966 1d ago

If you have a power, you typically also implicitly have the power to delegate that power. This is pretty basic.