Gov. Tate Reeves speaks before signing House Bill 1671, House Bill 510 and Senate Bill 2696 into law at the Walter Sillers Building in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
In 2023, Gov. Tate Reeves decried Chinese technology as “an existential threat” and signed bills limiting what business the state of Mississippi could do with China.