# California looking to exempt itself from tariffs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-looking-to-exempt-itself-from-tariffs/1016628>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [April 4, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-looking-to-exempt-itself-from-tariffs/1016628 "2025-04-04T17:07:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-looking-to-exempt-itself-from-tariffs/1016628/14 "2025-04-04T18:09:20Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> read an article that Gov. Newsom is looking to negotiate agreements with foreign countries to exempt California from the retalitory tariffs. The problem I see is that it is an enumerated power of the Federal government

Gavin Newsom is full of [nonsense ideas that are at odds with the Constitutional authority of the federal government over the prerogatives of the states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-california-launch-its-own-damn-satellite/774789/13).

Stranger

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