WashingtonTrump set a 180-day clock on foreign robot imports.
Any tariff would fall on US factories, which have no domestic source of heavy-duty robotic arms.
The “big four” arm makers — FANUC, ABB, Yaskawa and KUKA — sit in Japan, Switzerland and Germany.
Major US companies can still win waivers, as Intel recently did.
Without trade agreements by the deadline, Trump may impose tariffs, duties, quotas and fees.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica
- names GM, Ford, Tesla, Boeing and Lockheed as exposed to the robot-import proclamation, which cites the Lutnick Commerce investigation
Sources: Ars Technica