Trump imposes new drone tariffs, orders Navy to allow shipbuilding abroad

Trump is slapping “ad valorem” tariffs on drones and drone parts, citing the “national security threat” posed by such devices.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick notes that the U.S. is "too reliant" on foreign unmanned aircraft systems and their parts.

The design change is expected to cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

United States President Donald Trump has allowed the Navy to build ships overseas and ordered it to abandon a complex system for launching jet fighters from its aircraft carriers and instead return to using steam catapults, the White House said on Thursday (Aug 13).Trump signed a national security memorandum directing

Trump imposes steep tariffs on drone imports  The Kyiv Independent

A proclamation signed by Trump imposes a 100% tariff on drones of a certain size or with certain capabilities that are particularly sensitive for national security purposes.

The Trump administration is applying a 100% tariff on imports of unmanned aircraft systems and their components in a bid to cut the US’s reliance on foreign supplies of drones.