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/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/SweetAlyssumm 1d ago

We also have a bunch of military bases. We could almost actually do this.

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u/ArmyofRiverdancers 19h ago

Problem is that the people who man those bases are NOT California loyalists and will be more likely to create "pockets of resistance against the rebel state". 

Not to mention that half the state is utterly dependent on the Colorado River. Cut that off, our agricultural economy goes kaput and LA becomes a humanitarian crisis... UNLESS we seriously double down on desalination, water recycling and a backup water infrastructure sourcing from the Rockies, it is a war of attrition we can't win. 

Anyway, that's part two. 

Three is power supplies. 

Four is stuff like disabling nuclear arsenals and the like, or our two largest urban centers become such big targets they don't even need to aim.  

We probably should revamp our infrastructure for independence anyway, but considering how pulling federal funding for high speed rail killed a project after the hard and expensive stuff was already done, I don't see that flying.