Trump administration to ban new Chinese humanoid robots, protecting US AI buildout

The Trump administration plans to ban imports of new Chinese humanoid and quadruped robots, as well as power inverters, citing national security threats to US AI supply chains and the need to reshore critical manufacturing. The restrictions will apply only to new models not yet released in the US, though the FCC retains authority to revoke existing authorisations.

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