A little clarification is needed here.
First, there is no such thing as "commercial" drone rules in the United States. 14 CFR §107 is the default set of drone regulations in the U.S. Which means if you fly a drone in the U.S., you must fly under...
DJI assuming some of the cost of the tariff increase. But they cannot continue doing this. That is why the trade war needs to end now.
There is zero benefit to the U.S. drone industry because there is nothing to replace DJI and Autel drones. So...
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Yes, DJI pays the actual tariffs, but only on the front end. We should be under no illusion that we as end users don't pay the actual tariff (or part of it) on the backend when we pay our final bill.
I deal with DJI management (not...