America’s states are pursuing their own foreign policies
State legislatures are becoming another front in America’s clash with China
Shortly before Ron DeSantis launched his bid for the Republican nomination, the governor of Florida signed three bills to “crack down on Communist China”, as he put it. The laws stop Chinese firms buying agricultural land, block certain apps owned by Chinese companies being used in state institutions, and curb ties between Florida’s higher-education institutions and those in any “country of concern”. China-bashing has been a staple of presidential campaigns for a decade. Now state legislatures have discovered a taste for it.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Now showing in local theatres”
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