特朗普宣布进口机器人构成国家安全威胁
Trump declares robot imports a national security threat
特朗普于 10 月 28 日签署总统公告，认定外国制造的工厂机器人进口构成国家安全威胁，并指示与贸易伙伴展开新的谈判，同时保留未来加征关税的可能。公告称工业机器人对生产美国军事武器系统至关重要；美国商务部长 Howard Lutnick 主导的调查发现，这类机器人进口对美国工业基础构成风险。依赖此类机器人的企业包括通用汽车、福特、Tesla、波音和洛克希德·马丁。
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 “pose[] 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