China Stops Supplying Drones to US and Europe.
China's escalating trade conflict with the US has now extended to drones.
Manufacturers in China have begun restricting sales to the United States and Europe of important components used to build UAVs, a Bloomberg article points out.
China to impose restrictions on supplies of drone parts in the new year.
China's export restrictions will strengthen suppliers from Korea and Japan, according to Keegan McBride, a researcher in technology at the Oxford Internet Institute.
He stressed that the Chinese leadership is fully aware of this reality.
Despite growing risks to the economy, China is suspending sales of key components for UAVs to the US and Europe.