Posted on 04/04/2025 8:44:34 AM PDT by Libloather
EXCLUSIVE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans Friday morning directing the state to pursue "strategic" relationships with countries announcing retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., urging them to exclude California-made products from those taxes, Fox News Digital exclusively learned first.
"Donald Trump's tariffs do not represent all Americans," Newsom said in a video announcement posted to X. "And on behalf of 40 million Americans that live in the great state of California, the tentpole of the U.S. economy … the dominant manufacturing state in America, our state of mind is around supporting stable trading relationships around the globe."
Sources in Newsom's administration told Fox News Digital Thursday night the announcement was a direct response to President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff plan, which sets out a baseline duty of 10% on all imports to the U.S. and some higher percentages for other top traders.
Newsom added he's directed his administration to seek out new opportunities to "expand trade" and "remind trading partners around the world that California remains a stable partner."
The Newsom administration is worried that California's almond industry, a major agricultural exporter, will lose billions of dollars as nations like China, India and the European Union move to impose retaliatory tariffs.
"Gavin Newsom should focus on out-of-control homelessness, crime, regulations, and unaffordability in California instead of trying his hand at international dealmaking," White House spokesperson Kush Desai told Fox News Digital Friday morning.
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Pretty sure this is illegal...
I was looking for the Bee as the source. Fooled again.
Logan Act.
Logan act…
No, it violates the Logan Act.
Arrest this azz clown now!
Immediately close any embassy in California that talks to him.
5th largest economy in the world would find it necessary to protect its citizens.
Not sure that’s legal.
Does that mean that the other 49 states will have to pay a tariff for stuff that comes from California? That will increase the price of a movie ticket. And what happens to TV shows made in California?
Is this even the act (by California) of a part of the USA? Or is it open rebellion writ large for all to see?
How is California’s proposed action here not like the Whisky rebellion?
How did that turn out?
Is Newsome espousing civil war Era states rights positions here, just not so loudly?
Could President Trump declare California in open rebellion by their actions and Romany things about it, including removing them from participating in national elections and politics, etc?
That makes sense…it isn’t like California has any affiliation with the United States of America.
Not if we adopt the policy used extensively by the Left, that the process is the punishment.
What is good for the goose, after all.
We don’t need more constitutional workarounds by federal gov’t.
Stick with the Constitution as written and originally understood and indented. States cannot constitutionally negotiate trade deals with foreign countries.
CAlling DOJ!
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