Looming drone ban has some farm-state Republicans anxious

As the United States and China jockey for global influence and power, American farmers are growing increasingly anxious over one of the less-obvious fronts in the Trump Administration’s trade war with Beijing: commercial drones.

The drone have become a staple of modern farming across the U.S., and while conservative China hawks in Washington push for a ban on Chinese-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over national security concerns, a number of Republican lawmakers are raising a red flag on behalf of heartland constituents whose agricultural livelihoods are at elevated risk. The congressional fight over farmland flyers is underway with a legislative deadline looming.

National security or corporate protectionism?

At the center of this growing fight is Shenzhen Da-Jiang Innovations Sci