2024-10-21 10:09:00
The Chinese manufacturer of consumer and commercial drones DJI announced on Saturday, October 19, that it would sue the American Department of Defense, accusing Washington of having listed it “wrongly” on a blacklist of Chinese military companies in 2022, causing it to lose numerous tenders, according to him.
Some drone models blocked at customs
The Justice Department is not the only public actor to threaten the Chinese drone manufacturer’s sales in the United States. According to the American media The Vergecustoms are already blocking the importation of some of its professional drones and, for several days, of its latest high-end consumer quadcopter, the Air 3S. In a newsletter sent to its distributors, DJI explains that customs justifies this blockage under the law on the prevention of forced labor of Uighurs.
The company defends itself, however, by maintaining that “forced labor is not used at any stage of manufacturing” of its drones. In a blog postDJI adds that it hopes “misunderstanding” dissipates when the company has provided customs with documents attesting to its good faith. Furthermore, by 2025, the American Congress must decide whether to ban DJI drones in the United States – the law passed in 2024based on security motivations, is still far from having passed all the stages of the American parliamentary shuttle, according to The Verge.
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