( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “work or lives.” The economic and technological rivalry between the U.S. and China has come to the drone market, where Chinese-made flying devices are a dominant player in America. [CutID: <Cuts> US-CHINA-DRONES-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 25s Title: US-CHINA-DRONES-house-q-MONam Out-cue: work or lives] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Florida has banned […]
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Many Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban them
( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “work or lives.”
The economic and technological rivalry between the U.S. and China has come to the drone market, where Chinese-made flying devices are a dominant player in America.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Florida has banned Chinese drones in state-funded programs, but also appropriated $25 million to help offset replacement costs.
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VERBATIM: Lawmakers in Washington are seeking to ban new sales of Chinese-made drones. They argue the drones could be used to spy on Americans and that the low-cost models are hurting the U.S. drone industry. But U.S. users — spanning from police officers to farmers to mappers and filmmakers — have come to rely on Chinese-made drones, especially those by DJI Technology, for their work or lives.