The US Department of Commerce has initiated a 232 investigation on imported robots, the interviewed companies stated that the impact is not significant.

On September 24th local time, according to two federal bulletins on the official website of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security, the U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated a Section 232 investigation on imported robots, industrial machinery, and imported medical equipment on September 2nd. Under this law, the President has the authority to impose tariffs on goods deemed to threaten national security, and the Department of Commerce must submit policy recommendations within 270 days. In response to this, the chairman of a domestic industrial robot company with export business told a reporter from First Finance that the investigation has little impact on its overseas business. He stated that under tariff pressure, downstream sectors of industrial robot services, such as photovoltaics, lithium batteries, and the 3C industry, may face more pressure. "The reshoring of U.S. manufacturing will be a long process." The individual stated that in recent years, most of the products exported to the United States by the company come from its overseas subsidiaries, "We have been expanding into overseas markets many years ago, including adjusting our business through acquisition of some companies in overseas local markets, so the impact is minimal."