Governor Ron DeSantis to lead international trade and business development mission to Italy next week
Press release from the Office of Governor Ron DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – From Monday, November 11, to Friday, November 15, Governor Ron DeSantis will lead an international trade and business development mission to Italy. The delegation will visit Rome, Viareggio, Florence, Turin, and Milan. The delegation will consist of 85 representatives from various Florida industries, including higher education, transportation and logistics, aerospace and aviation, military and defense, hospitals, life sciences, and manufacturing. The trade mission aims to create numerous economic growth opportunities for the state, as Italy is among Florida’s top twenty trade partners internationally, accounting for $4.4 billion in annual bilateral trade.
“Italy and Florida share a special relationship as peninsular entities with many shared industries, and I was grateful that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni invited our Florida delegation to visit,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “This mission will strengthen ties between our state and their nation and bring new and increased opportunities and investments to Florida.”
“Next week, Governor Ron DeSantis will embark on a trade mission to Italy to build political and economic relationships to benefit the state of Florida,” said FloridaCommerce Secretary Alex Kelly. “Opportunities for mutual cooperation and growth are plentiful because Italy is Florida’s 14th largest trade partner internationally and both boast strong military defense, aerospace, marine, life sciences, and health technology industries.”
Florida delegates joining Governor DeSantis on the historic trade mission will include agency heads and university presidents, such as FloridaCommerce Secretary J. Alex Kelly, Space Florida President and CEO Rob Long, Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue, Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Jason Weida, Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, President Richard McCullough from Florida State University, President Richard Corcoran from New College of Florida, President Rhea Law of the University of South Florida, and representatives from the University of Central Florida, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida International University, and Florida Polytechnic University.
This initiative is coordinated by SelectFlorida, Florida’s international commerce organization, in collaboration with FloridaCommerce.
Tax payers’ money at work yet no major raises for educators on the front lines and Florida’s our housing insurance industry is a disaster.
Go ahead Ron, pick up some business in Italy and see the sites while we are there. I hear the Pasta is amazing.
Good point! Ask the local SBAC why they haven’t made progress with teachers’ raises.
While you’re at it, call the corporate owned insurance companies and tell them it’s not fair they keep increasing the premiums and cancelling policies – especially to those of us who live in low risk areas. Maybe you can call the largest insurance company in the world and ask why they filed 20,000 claims prior to the last legislative session as well.
By the way, the pasta in Italy is amazing.
Good luck luring businesses with a significant number of women employees below 45 or those who don’t like being punished by the state if their CEO expresses opinions the governor doesn’t like.
“Abortions in Italy are legal within the first three months, and beyond that when the mother’s mental or physical health is seriously endangered.
True conservative young Italian women will love to work with Florida with it’s 6 week abortion ban, to show their massive approval of the Republican Talibangelical agenda.
What does it mean when a Catholic country Italy has a more liberal abortion law than Florida?
Don’t forget, the Catholic Church also turned a blind eye(s) on the sexual abuse(s) that occurred for years.
Guess they have a bunch of hypocrites as well.
There are lots of wonderful Italians who would rather work in Florida. It’s very hard to find a good job in Italy.
In case you did not notice, the new President has a very anti immigrant mindset.
Good luck getting a job if you don’t check the “correct” boxes too.
“Italy and Florida share a special relationship as peninsular entities” said Governor Ron DeSantis.
Only DeSantis would get excited over this.
Someone who believed in science would say a unrelated coincidence of global plate tectonics resulted in two unrelated pieces of geography both looking like genitals with erectile dysfunction.
Yes, and both nations have clouds and rain and mountai…… Wait!