California to negotiate trade with other countries to bypass Trump tariffs
California to negotiate trade with other countries to bypass Trump tariffs
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California to negotiate trade with other countries to bypass Trump tariffs
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If Trump thinks he's above the Constitution why can't a state?
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No, there is legal precedence for this
Under NAFTA states could impose their own tariffs because NAFTA was a Federal agreement and countries would have to negotiate free trade with individual states
This is just the reverse of that
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As a non-American, the more i learn about US states, the more I realise that the country is more like a reluctant confederation than an actual unified country.
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Yeah, it made sense when a horse was the fastest way to travel over land. These days? We're stuck with a ridiculous government structure designed when no one knew how democracies worked.
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Amen to that. It's very stupid and backwards, but a whole lotta idiots think that the founders were inspired by their god (Jehovah/Yahweh/Allah) and that this kind of thing was handed down on stone tablets.
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It’s very much like the EU and always has been. Everything makes a lot more sense in that POV.
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It is starting to make sense alright. I remember someone telling me that Americans put too much focus on federal politics, even though what goes on in Washington does not necessarily affect them. And the news of American states "Trump-proofing" themselves is also starting to make more sense. This also explains why voter turnout for presidential elections is quite low compared to other democracies, because eligible voters feel they won't be affected as much.
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The US is the Austria-Hungary of our time.
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The whole "no legal precedence". Has been a thing for a few years now. We have what used to be called chaos nowadays.
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