Exclusive: California Governor Gavin New Roire will announce plans on Friday afternoon to direct the state to follow up on “strategic” relations with countries that announce reprisal definitions against the United States, and urged them to exclude California -made products from those taxes.
Sources at the NEWSOM Administration told Fox News Digital that the advertisement is a direct response to the “Tahrir Day” tariff plan for President Donald Trump, which determines a 10 % basic duty on all imports to the United States and some higher percentage of other senior traders.
The NEWSOM Administration is concerned that the almond industry in California, a major agricultural source, will lose billions of dollars as countries such as China, India and the European Union move to impose reprisals.
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The governor of the state, Gavin News, is the left, weighing a race to replace President Donald Trump in the White House in 2028. (Fox News)
The most export of food in California represents about 20 % of its agricultural sales of $ 23.6 billion in the state abroad and 2.5 % of its total exports. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture in California. The state produces 80 % of the width in the world and the majority of its almond crop exports. Other agricultural exports include dairy products, pistachios, walnuts and nuts.
California is proud to be the fifth largest economy in the world, a vital engine for most American economic growth, with a local product reached $ 3.9 trillion-50 % of Texas, the second largest state in the country. State officials said Golden State is the largest importer and second largest source in the American states, more than $ 675 billion in trade in two directions to support millions of jobs.
Trade with Mexico, Canada and China are major partners in California, as nearly half of the state’s imports come from these countries, with a total of $ 203 billion from more than $ 491 billion of goods imported by California last year.
The NewSom official said that the new Trump tariff will also affect access to important supplies, such as building materials, needed to rebuild after Los Angeles fires. The United States is currently imposing more than 14 % on Canadian wood, as the rate is likely to rise to approximately 27 % this year.
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President Donald Trump holds a “external trade barriers” document as he provides notes on definitions in the Roses Garden in the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. (Reuters/Carlos Baria)
State officials also said that the retaliatory definitions will cause “major disturbances” of the border supply chains in the California Baja region, arguing that if the component goods are imposed every time the border crosses, then the final price of the final product will increase and be transferred to the California residents.
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“The markets will flourish,” Trump said on Thursday.
“This is one of the most important days, in my opinion, in American history,” Trump said. “For years, American citizens have forced to sit on the margin because other countries have become rich and strong, most of them at our expense,” Trump said. “But now our role is to prosper, and thus, we use trillion and dollars to reduce our tax and pay our national debt, and all of this will happen very quickly.”