California is America's engine. Tariffs risk stalling it

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : " While California can't be directly targeted in international trade retaliation -- since it's not a sovereign nation -- foreign governments may still avoid penalizing the state's key exports like wine or walnuts.
54% : Retaliatory tariffs from China, India and the EU could cost the industry up to $875 million, according to a UC Davis study.
53% : The White House last week imposed a 10 percent baseline tariff on all imports, with higher rates on countries running trade surpluses -- 34 percent on China, 20 percent on the EU, 25 percent on South Korea, 24 percent on Japan and 32 percent on Taiwan.
32% : Former Federal Reserve Governor Frederic Mishkin warned: "If Trump puts in these kind of tariffs and we go into a trade war, the likelihood of a recession is going to be very high."
31% : Trump has defended his tariffs plan, telling reporters, "Sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something."

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