{"id":130357,"date":"2026-01-24T13:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/130357\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:24:08","slug":"gov-desantis-tightens-floridas-ties-with-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/130357\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. DeSantis tightens Florida&#8217;s ties with Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">German Ambassador to the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.germany.info\/us-en\/embassy-consulates\/embassy-washington\/2727634-2727634\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Jens Hanefeld<\/a> and Gov.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/flgov.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Ron DeSantis<\/a>\u00a0have agreed to a Joint Declaration of Intent to increase cooperation between the European power and the Sunshine State, an agreement fostered by the June 2025 Florida Leadership Mission to Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The JDI, per the Governor\u2019s Office, \u201cestablishes a practical framework for cooperation across key sectors including innovative technologies, aerospace and aviation, manufacturing, life sciences and workforce training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Free State of Florida continues to set the standard for business growth and economic development on the international stage,\u201d said DeSantis. \u201cToday\u2019s agreement will ensure that our state remains one of the best places to do business, live, work and raise a family. The steps we\u2019re taking today will strengthen the economic partnership between our great state and Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cCooperation between partners and technology leaders like Florida and Germany delivers tangible benefits\u2014from new jobs to cutting-edge innovation,\u201d stated Hanefeld. \u201cBy expanding collaboration in strategic technologies, aerospace, life sciences, and research, we are not only helping our businesses \u2013 we are strengthening our competitive edge as Team Freedom over those who don\u2019t want our model of democracy and free enterprise to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of 2024, Germany was Florida\u2019s seventh largest trading partner, with more than $12 billion in merchandise traded, an increase of more than 12% year over year. Florida merchandise exports, valued at more than $1.4 billion, increased by more than 27% over the 2023 number.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-740415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FLPolitics-May-2025-728x90-1-scaled-e1748483753690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German Ambassador to the U.S. Jens Hanefeld and Gov.\u00a0Ron DeSantis\u00a0have agreed to a Joint Declaration of Intent to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,64268,21408,412],"class_list":["post-130357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-german-ambassador-to-the-u-s-jens-hanefeld","tag-germany","tag-ron-desantis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}