California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered his administration on April 4 to pursue new trade relationships with other countries in the wake of the federal government’s move to enforce trade tariffs.
The second-term governor came out swinging against the trade tariffs President Donald Trump implemented on Wednesday.
“Trump’s tariffs do not represent all Americans, particularly those that I represent here in the fifth largest economy in the world—the state of California,” Newsom said in a video released Friday. “We value international trade. We value our manufacturing base.”
The Trump administration unveiled sweeping tariffs aimed at reviving American manufacturing and reducing trade deficits. The program placed reciprocal tariffs on some 60 countries that the White House called the “worst offenders” due to their high tariffs or other trade barriers on U.S. goods….