How Trump may topple China’s global drone monopoly without lifting a finger

Published November 22, 2025 5:00am ET



In just over a month, the first-ever private sector import ban on new Chinese drones to the United States will likely go into effect.

The ban itself, which industry insiders say could help U.S. manufacturers break China’s unofficial global monopoly on the technology, wouldn’t actually require President Donald Trump to act at all.

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