California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Friday he intends to ask global trading partners to exempt the state from any ‘retaliatory’ tariffs imposed on the United States.
“TO OUR TRADING PARTNERS AROUND THE GLOBE — California is here and ready to talk. We will not sit idly by during Trump’s tariff war. We make up 14% of the US GDP. We’re the 5th largest economy in the world. We’re not scared to use our market power to fight back against the largest tax hike of our lifetime,” Newsom wrote.
“Donald Trump’s tariffs do not represent all Americans. And on behalf of 40 million Americans that live in the great state of California, the tentpole of the U.S. economy,” Newsom said in a video posted to
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