It was a desperately needed moment of grandeur for Ron DeSantis: the Florida governor’s strongman act over China briefly lifting his stuttering presidential campaign during last week’s Republican primary debate in California. But what DeSantis left unsaid as he railed against China’s growing global influence, while promising a “hard power” approach to Beijing should he win the White House, was how his posturing was hurting students and families back in his home state. While their governor was speaking thousands of miles away, hundreds of distressed and bewildered parents in Florida…
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Ron DeSantis says he will try to revoke China’s trade status if elected president
The Republican presidential candidate and Florida governor Ron DeSantis said on Sunday he would aim to revoke China’s permanent normal trade relations status if he won the White House next year. “I favor doing that,” DeSantis told Fox News. “I think we probably need Congress but I would take executive action as appropriate to be able to move us in that direction.” The Senate voted in 2000 to grant that status to China as it prepared to join the World Trade Organization. Any step to remove it would also need…