Trump's national security manufacturing overhaul: shipbuilding and drone tariffs
President Trump signs sweeping national security measures overhauling Navy shipbuilding capacity and imposing steep new tariffs on drones and components to cut reliance on foreign supply chains.
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Trump signs national security orders overhauling Navy shipbuilding, reversing electromagnetic catapults for steam systems on Ford-class carriers, and adding a fifth public shipyard.
86 sources on this →The orders also impose tariffs up to 100% on certain national-security drones to reduce foreign dependency in drone supply chains.
86 sources on this →Trump expands drone tariffs further, setting a 25% rate on smaller drones and 15% duties on imports from the EU, Japan, Liechtenstein, South Korea, Switzerland and Taiwan, with UK goods facing 10%.
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