Tag: Drones

  • Drone Duty Dawn

    With 100 percent Section 232 tariffs on imported drones set to bite September 3, importers, public safety agencies and an entire trade show full of buyers confront the most aggressive drone trade action in US history By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | August 31, 2026 WASHINGTON, August 31, 2026. In three days,…

  • Drone Duty Rush

    Twelve days before Section 232 duties of up to 100 percent hit unmanned aircraft, buyers are stripping inventory, DJI has won a courtroom reprieve, and importers still have no CBP guidance WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2026 The American drone market has spent the past week doing what every American import market does in the fortnight before…

  • Drone Duty Bite

    Two weeks before Section 232 duties of up to 100 percent hit imported unmanned aircraft, small U.S. operators are pulling five-figure purchases forward and Commerce has yet to publish the classification guidance importers need WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2026 With 13 days left before the first tranche of Section 232 tariffs on unmanned aircraft systems takes…

  • Drone Duty Hit

    White House imposes Section 232 tariffs of up to 100 percent on imported drones and components, setting a September 3 deadline that will reshape the American uncrewed aircraft market WASHINGTON, August 17, 2026 — The United States is preparing to erect the steepest trade barrier ever placed around its drone market. In a presidential proclamation…

  • Drone Tariffs

    Trump signs a Section 232 proclamation putting duties of up to 100 percent on imported unmanned aircraft, with a September 3 effective date that leaves importers three weeks to reclassify, requalify or absorb the cost WASHINGTON, August 16, 2026. President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing tariffs of up to 100 percent on imported…

  • Drone Duty Wall

    Trump invokes Section 232 to impose duties of up to 100 percent on imported unmanned aircraft, carving out preferential rates for seven allies while leaving the rare earth bottleneck untouched WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2026. President Donald J. Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday imposing tariffs of as much as 100 percent on imported drones, docking…

  • Beijing Strikes

    China’s August 5 countermeasure package, spanning entity blacklistings, drone export curbs and a first-ever foreign trade national security probe into imported printers, is rippling far beyond Washington and into Asia-Pacific and European supply chains. BEIJING, August 10, 2026 China’s Ministry of Commerce unleashed a coordinated cluster of trade countermeasures on August 5, and five days…