Foreign gadget bans: all the news about the FCC’s clampdown on Chinese tech
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Sure enough, the FCC just banned Chinese labs from testing US-bound gadgets.
“Starting 2 years from now, we will only allow for Test Labs to be based in the U.S or “Reciprocal Economies,” i.e. those places that are willing to recognize U.S.-based testing,” writes FCC chair Brendan Carr. His stated reasoning makes some sense, but it also omits important context: today’s test labs are concentrated in China because that’s where gadgets are made.
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