Imports, Drones, China

Commerce Seeks Comments on UAS Imports in New Section 232 Investigation

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/21/2025

On July 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a Federal Register notice soliciting public comments on an investigation into the national security impacts of imported unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones) and...more

Week Twenty-Five in Trade

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/21/2025

On July 16, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce launched new Section 232 investigations on imports of Chinese drones and polysilicon. Drones and polysilicon are both currently subject to additional tariffs of 55% and 80%,...more

Lawmakers Seek Ban of Chinese Drones for U.S. Government

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/6/2023

Next week, the House of Representatives China Committee plans to introduce a bill that would ban the purchase of Chinese-made drones by the U.S. government. This bill is an effort to revamp the prior push for this ban that...more

Another Attempt at Blocking Chinese-Made Drones in the U.S.

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/18/2022

This week, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, and Tom Cotton (as well as Congress member Elise Stefanik, who introduced parallel legislation) introduced the Countering CCP Drones Act in an effort to add DJI, a Chinese...more

New Import Codes for Drones – What You Need To Know

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/11/2022

Soon, the United States will update its schedule of import classifications to reflect new, specific classifications for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). All goods imported into the United States must be declared to U.S....more

Executive Order on Drones Expands to North Korea, Iran, and Russia

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/28/2021

Last week, the Executive Order on Protecting the United States from Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) expanded the U.S.-China drone controversy to North Korea, Iran, and Russia....more