Bucking Trump tariffs, California will push to maintain global trade independently

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that California will look for ways to expand trade and persuade international partners to exempt the state from global payback as President Trump’s sweeping round of tariffs have sent U.S. and global financial markets tumbling.

“We’re not scared to use our market power to fight back against the largest tax hike of our lifetime,” Newsom posted Friday on the social media platform X. In a video, he noted that the 40 million residents of California live in “the tent pole of the US economy” that represents 14% of the nation’s GDP.

Read more at the Los Angeles Times.

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