This is incredibly weird (and doesn't exactly look like strategic policy-making:
In late December, the Trump administration decided to ban all imports of new models of foreign (read Chinese-made) drones. But then... (thread)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-commerce-department-drops-plan-impose-restrictions-chinese-made-drones-2026-01-09/
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