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California Governor Gavin Newsom yet again distanced the authorities from President Donald Trump connected Friday, urging planetary commercialized partners to exclude its products from immoderate retaliatory measures levied against the U.S. arsenic a effect of the new tariffs.
Newsom's medication volition present prosecute its ain "strategic commercialized relationships" with planetary commercialized partners successful an effort to support its "manufacturers, workers, farmers, businesses, and proviso chains," arsenic the radical are going to beryllium astir negatively affected by the caller tariffs, his bureau says.
“California leads the federation arsenic the #1 authorities for agriculture and manufacturing — and it’s our workers, families, and farmers who basal to suffer the astir from this Trump taxation hike and commercialized war," Newsom said successful a statement. "To our planetary partners: As the 5th largest system successful the world, the Golden State volition stay a steady, reliable spouse for generations to come, nary substance the turbulence coming retired of Washington."
"California is not Washington, D.C.,” helium continued.
The governor's bureau touted California's manufacturing prowess and innovation successful the tech space.
As portion of the caller push, Newsom said his medication volition find ways to grow occupation instauration successful fields that are reliant connected planetary commercialized — similar manufacturing and agriculture — and safeguard important supplies apt to beryllium affected by tariffs.
The bureau said much than 40% of California imports travel from Mexico, Canada and China. China was deed with a 34% import taxation connected "Liberation Day" connected Wednesday, portion Canadian and Mexican imports are inactive taxed astatine a complaint of 25% arsenic of a Trump bid past month.
President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom locomotion to talk to reporters aft arriving connected Air Force One astatine Los Angeles International Airport successful Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Retaliatory tariffs levied by these countries and others against the U.S. would disproportionally impact California, Newsom's bureau says.
More than 60,000 tiny businesses passim the authorities export goods, the bureau claims.
According to the Associated Press, Democratic campaigner Kamala Harris won California successful the 2024 predetermination by astir 20 points — oregon much than 3 cardinal votes — implicit Trump.
As the astir populated authorities successful the U.S., Newsom has made it a precedence to "Trump proof" the state, amid speculation that helium could beryllium positioning himself for a tally for the White House successful 2028. Newsom's word arsenic politician volition expire successful January 2027, and helium is ineligible to tally for reelection.
