# Can the US slow China’s robotics and tech rise?

https://mins.news/en/video/16486

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-07 19:30 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzhNklZQTTI

> Humanoid robots have moved beyond the laboratory and are emerging as a major market. Morgan Stanley estimates that the sector could be worth $5 trillion by 2050, with more than one billion humanoids operating worldwide. China is central to the global supply chain, manufacturing robot components at a scale and cost that competitors find difficult to match. The United States has banned imports of foreign-made humanoid robots on national-security grounds and has also blocked power inverters used in data centres.

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