Wednesday, April 16, 2025

California is first state to sue Trump on tariffs

SACRAMENTO, California " California Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing Donald Trump over tariffs in an aggressive move to end the president's stranglehold on global commerce. Newsom's lawsuit, announced Wednesday morning with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, is the first challenge from a U.S. state against Trump's signature foreign policy cudgel.

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California, the world's fifth largest economy, stands to lose billions to tariffs with major state industries from Silicon Valley to agriculture heavily dependent on global trade. "President Trump's unlawful tariffs are wreaking chaos on California families, businesses, and our economy " driving up prices and threatening jobs," Newsom said in a statement. "We're standing up for American families who can't afford to let the chaos continue."

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---- Fat Donnie Failure

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-16 02:12 PM

"We're standing up for American families who can't afford to let the chaos continue."

If nothing else, Newsom is great at staying on message for the Dems.

#2 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-16 07:55 PM

---- off, ------

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-16 09:11 PM

He's also leveraging the state's economic prowess " as well as its outsize influence over tech policy and climate standards, among other major industries " in hopes of forging "strategic" alliances with countries eyeing retaliatory measures on U.S. goods. Newsom earlier this month asked world leaders to spare California-made products like almonds, wine and Hollywood flicks from retaliatory tariffs.

California will lead the world forward like a phoenix rising from the ashes of Trumpy's America.

FAFO

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-17 10:50 AM

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