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.

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