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/WazWaz Australia 1d ago

What party? California can't do anything about import tariffs, this is Newsom begging other countries not to retaliate because... reasons?

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u/sniper1rfa 1d ago

Sure we can, the ports are in california. If the ships come in and unload without paying the tariff, then the tariff has been avoided. Foreign tariffs can obviously target anything they like.

What's trump gonna do, bomb the ports?

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u/WazWaz Australia 1d ago

That's called smuggling; no, he'll just send in CBP police - you think he'd not? He'd relish the idea.

Read the article, it's not talking about anything like that, it's about exports. The more I realise how few people read the article before letting their imagination run wild, the more I suspect this is Newsom just posing.