On China: He wants to reduce the trade deficit by giving U.S. companies incentives to leave China.
"As the son of exiles from a communist country, I understand the threat of Communist China in a way that I think no other candidate does."
Source: N.Y. Times on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
, Aug 18, 2023
Defends embargo on Cuba; doesn't think it's cruel
A number of Democrats have called for the decades-old embargo to be lifted. Suarez defended the embargo, saying: "I don't think the embargo is cruel at all.
I think the Cuban people aren't asking for a lifting of the embargo. They're going out on the streets every single day talking about the failure of the communist regime to provide for its people ... It has failed for six decades."
Source: Business Insider on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
, Jul 14, 2023