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/Axin_Saxon 1d ago

Headline is more than a little clickbait-y.

Basically the governor is asking nations not to tariff goods made in California. He is not able to circumvent American tariffs, but he can try to play the game of “if you don’t tariff our goods, but instead hit red state exports , then California and other blue states can get richer and while red states get poorer, shifting the balance of power back to democrats and get a democratic government back who can repeal these tariffs.”

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u/Solid-Mud-8430 21h ago

So what you're saying is that Newsom is in talks (aka negotiations) with other countries to find a way to get around the tariffs situation....exactly like what the headline says??

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u/Axin_Saxon 21h ago

No. I’m saying he cannot negotiate AMERICAN tariffs on foreign goods.

He CAN however convince(in a nonbinding manner) other nations to not punish California specifically because it’s not California’s fault that Donnie is a dickhead.

Stop being an apologist for clickbait.

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u/Solid-Mud-8430 6h ago

Goalposts successfully moved. I guess I missed the part in the headline where it said Newsom was trying to negotiate American tariffs specifically...

I was replying to your assertion that the headline is misleading, when nothing about it at all is misleading.