--- title: China threatens retaliation over the US robot ban description: The US FCC has added foreign-made advanced robotic devices to its restricted Covered List, effectively blocking new Chinese humanoid robots and robot dogs from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/china-threatens-retaliation-over-the-us-robot-ban-q82yfwlrb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: China threatens retaliation over the US robot ban | daily.dev og:description: The US FCC has added foreign-made advanced robotic devices to its restricted Covered List, effectively blocking new Chinese humanoid robots and robot dogs from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/china-threatens-retaliation-over-the-us-robot-ban-q82yfwlrb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/q82YFwLRb.png og:image:alt: China threatens retaliation over the US robot ban og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # China threatens retaliation over the US robot ban **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The US FCC has added foreign-made advanced robotic devices to its restricted Covered List, effectively blocking new Chinese humanoid robots and robot dogs from the US market. China's commerce ministry responded with threats of "resolute" retaliation, citing discrimination and damage to global supply chains. China's leverage includes control over rare earth supplies and market access for US companies like Tesla and Nvidia. The ban is complicated by the fact that competitive humanoid robots rely heavily on Chinese-made components. The clash comes ahead of a planned Trump-Xi summit in September, with robotics emerging as a new front in the broader US-China tech war. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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