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/limb3h 1d ago

In the short term, this subsidy would cost taxpayer money, but in the long run I think more companies will come to california. Not a bad move.

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u/Wild_Harvest 1d ago

Yeah. Definitely would have to sell the taxpayers on it, but I think that something like "We're having everyone share the load to prevent prices from going up" or something like that would work, and passing some anti-price gouging legislation at the state level would be needed as well.

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u/EtTuBiggus 17h ago

Companies and infrastructure already exists to ship things out of California. Unless California wants to implement border controls, this exempts every state from the tariffs. A huge chunk of good move through California first.

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u/limb3h 13h ago

That's probably illegal. I doubt we'll win if federal government sues though.