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/Archer1407 1d ago

Trump is going to launch a trade war against California in the next few days.

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u/pm_me_ur_ParusMajors North Carolina 1d ago

Considering how much agriculture and manufacturing actually come out of California, this would have a substantial impact on the rest of the US. The California gdp is as much as in the top 5 gdp's in the world.

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u/ciel_lanila I voted 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just looked the raw GDP numbers in case anyone is curious. .

  • US with CA: $30.338 trillion
  • European Union (as a whole): $20.29 trillion
  • China: $19.535 trillion
  • Germany: $4.922 t
  • Japan: $4.390 t
  • India: $4.270 t
  • California: $4.1 t
  • UK: $3.731 t
  • Skipping a few
  • Russia: $2.197 t

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u/CheetoMussolini 1d ago

The few you skip includes New York State. We've got $2.3 trillion in GDP and another 20 million people. CA/NY combined is behind only the US, EU, and China - and $1.5 trillion ahead of the next on the list.

CA and NY need to coordinate on this. We're rich, populous, powerful, activist, and motivated.

Hell let's just say that Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Islands, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Minnesota and Illinois joined - were talking 129 million people and 13.74 trillion GDP.

And we can do a Colorado/New Mexico airlift since they're landlocked and surrounded by douchebags. We're at 14.34 trillion GDP and 138 million people. If those states actually coordinated in their opposition...