The U.S. Department of Commerce has stated that it is withdrawing its proposal to the White House to ban the import of Chinese drones into the country. According to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-commerce-department-drops-plan-impose-restrictions-chinese-made-drones-2026-01-09/” data-url=”https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-commerce-department-drops-plan-impose-restrictions-chinese-made-drones-2026-01-09/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Reuters, this move comes amid the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-and-china-agree-on-one-year-tariff-truce-including-semiconductor-and-rare-earth-breakthroughs-the-future-of-nvidia-ai-chip-sales-to-the-nation-remains-murky” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-and-china-agree-on-one-year-tariff-truce-including-semiconductor-and-rare-earth-breakthroughs-the-future-of-nvidia-ai-chip-sales-to-the-nation-remains-murky”>thawing of relations between the United States and China, ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in April of this year. This might sound like good news for the beleaguered drone maker, but it seems that the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-fcc-bans-foreign-made-drones-from-dji-others-dji-to-be-heavily-affected-by-the-announcement-with-many-american-drone-pilots-up-in-arms-due-to-lack-of-viable-alternatives” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-fcc-bans-foreign-made-drones-from-dji-others-dji-to-be-heavily-affected-by-the-announcement-with-many-american-drone-pilots-up-in-arms-due-to-lack-of-viable-alternatives”>FCC ban on brand new foreign-made drones still stands.
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