DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to limit the effect of President Donald Trump’s tariffs by working with international trade partners could hit constitutional roadblocks.
Newsom announced on April 4 he would ask trade partners to exempt California-made products from any retaliatory tariffs and seek to develop new “strategic trade relationships,” doubling down on his approach Wednesday after Trump issued a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs while leaving in place the 10% baseline and increasing tariffs on China.
“Trump caved,” Newsom wrote Wednesday on X. “He will change his mind again. To our international partners: California is a stable, reliable partner. We want your business.”
States are “obligated to remain outside” the foreign trade space to preserve the federal government’s discretion,…
