The New York Times published an article today saying, "DJI controls about 75% of the global consumer market, but the company has become caught in the geopolitical turbulence between the U.S. and China. In December last year, Elise Stefanik, a close ally of Trump and a Republican congresswoman from New York, added a clause to a defense bill that aims to prohibit the sale of new drones from DJI and another Chinese company, Autel Robotics, starting this December."
Comment: For years, the U.S. has launched repeated sanctions against DJI under baseless reasons such as "data security" and "national security," from Pentagon bans to being placed on the "Entity List." But DJI has still managed to establish itself firmly in the U.S. market, with high reliance by the American public safety, agriculture, and other sectors on DJI drones being the best proof. The proposed ban, however, not only ignores the needs of American consumers and industry professionals, but may also put American drone companies that rely on Chinese components into difficulty. Behind this, it's hard not to suspect that some U.S. politicians are trying to support domestic companies and gain political benefits, completely disregarding market rules and the principle of fair competition. If the U.S. really bans DJI, it would not only lose a quality drone supplier, but also severely damage its own image of an open market and technological innovation environment.
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