特朗普将外国工厂机器人进口宣称为国家安全威胁
Trump declares robot imports a national security threat
特朗普将外国工厂机器人进口宣称为国家安全威胁，下令与贸易伙伴进行新的谈判，并可能对这类机器人进口征收新关税。10月28日发布的总统声明显示，美国政府正加强对外国制造工业机器人的审查，这可能使依赖这些机器人的美国主要企业（包括通用汽车、福特、特斯拉、波音和洛克希德·马丁）的生产运营复杂化。
President Donald Trump has declared the imports of foreign-made factory robots to be a national security threat—ordering new US negotiations with trading partners while holding out the possibility of imposing new tariffs on such robot imports in the future.
Issued on October 28, Trump’s presidential proclamation represents heightened government scrutiny of foreign-made industrial robots that could complicate the manufacturing operations of major US corporations that rely on such robots. Those companies include Detroit automakers General Motors and Ford, electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, and aerospace and defense giants like Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
Trump’s proclamation describes industrial robots and machinery as being crucial for producing US military weapon systems along with representing a “driving force” behind all critical infrastructure sectors within the US economy. The proclamation cites an investigation under US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick as having found that US imports of such robots “poses risks to the United States industrial base and threatens the long-term competitiveness of the United States in a sector that is increasingly vital to national security.”
来源: Ars Technica · AI · arstechnica.com