Trump orders trade negotiations over robotics and industrial-machinery imports, with a progress update due within 180 days; tariffs remain a possible later step. Your robot’s next obstacle course may be customs.

NIST computer scientist Omar Aboul-Enein beside an industrial robot-arm research setup; R. Wilson/NIST, published October 25, 2022. Illustrative research photograph, not an import enforcement scene.

Published 28 Oct 2026 · 22:39 UTC

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Trump orders trade negotiations over robotics and industrial-machinery imports, with a progress update due within 180 days; tariffs remain a possible later step. Your robot’s next obstacle course may be customs. · ournews.ai