Bucking Trump tariffs, California will push to maintain independent global trade

Would be interesting if a state offered to reïmburse a country’s exporters to it for federal tariffs if the country exempts its exporters from retaliatory tariffs.

> Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that California will look for ways to expand trade and persuade international partners to exempt the state from global payback as President Trump’s sweeping round of tariffs have sent U.S. and global financial markets tumbling.

Isn't this technically illegal?