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/ultralightdude Minnesota 1d ago

Good!  I hope MN joins the party.

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u/hypermodernvoid 1d ago

Seriously - I could definitely see Walz going for it, as he's been a leader more than most Dems post-election, and as a fellow MN resident, I sincerely hope for this too.

I was saying right after the election that blue states (including MN) comprise a full 70% of the US economy and should throw that weight around, and I was thinking of something exactly like this - not only would it help insulate blue states from economic damage, it'd show our allies that huge swaths of the US geographically and the majority of its economy are still on their side.