California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

[u/sweatycat]

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414

[u/Wild_Harvest]

So wait, if I'm understanding correctly, then California is not negotiating to bypass Trump's tariffs but is willing to subsidize the tariffs and keep costs down, and in exchange the country will put in exemptions to products shipped to them from California but not, say, Nevada?

That could be a good way to both bypass the tariff, and prop up California's economy as the dominant force in the US. I could see New York doing something similar, too.

[u/Qubeye → u/Wild_Harvest]

I'm not saying that is what they are planning to do.

My comment was meant to be more of a "I casually came up with a way to do it without violating the constitution."

I'm sure if I put more than thirty seconds of thought into it I could come up with even more robust, legitimate ways to do it.

[u/cjicantlie → u/Qubeye]

If the tariffs weren't enacted constitutionally, is it unconstitutional to bypass them?

[u/gouramiracerealist → u/cjicantlie]

Tariffs are at the purview of the executive fyi

[u/Neve4ever → u/gouramiracerealist]

Congress. But congress delegated it to the executive, like they have with most things.

[u/gouramiracerealist → u/Neve4ever]

Yea, so the executive

[u/chronicpenguins → u/gouramiracerealist]

But congress can take it away, constitutionally it’s their power.

[u/gouramiracerealist → u/chronicpenguins]

Yea sure. It's more likely trump gets impeached than the executive is reigned in