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quotingUSA FCC bans imports of new routers made in other countries, on national security concerns
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The US Federal Communications Commission has just announced a ban on imports of "all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries," which would be... almost all of them, except that the rule only affects new routers that haven't yet received FCC authorization.
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-updates-covered-list-include-foreign-made-consumer-routers
Last year, news broke that Government officials had been considering banning sales of TP-Link routers manufactured in China, ostensibly because of concerns that they could pose risks to national security. But the FCC's announcement goes much, much further by "prohibiting approval of new models" of any router manufactured outside the United States.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/30/tp-link-proposed-ban-commerce-department/
https://liliputing.com/fcc-bans-imports-of-new-routers-made-in-other-countries-on-national-security-concerns/