The United States has already banned future foreign drones from entering the United States unless their companies kiss the ring – as well as routers, robots, and Roombas. Now, President Donald Trump is targeting existing drone imports and aircraft parts, too. He’s going to try to make them cost a lot more.

In a presidential action, he’s declared a whopping 100 percent tariff on imports of drones with thermal cameras, drones weighing over 25kg (57 pounds), and any kind of part for any kind of aircraft weighing over 25kg – you can read the full list here. For all other drones, including tiny sub-250-gram “Mini” consumer drones, he’s declared …

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