New Delhi, April 4 – The United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a ban on the import of telecommunications and surveillance equipment from select Chinese companies that are deemed to pose a national security risk.
The FCC had already decided in 2022 to halt approvals of new models from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua entering the United States. Now, a complete ban, including previously authorized devices, is being proposed, according to a report from Channel News Asia (CNA).
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The FCC has sought public comment on the proposed extension of the ban, stating that prohibiting the continued importation and marketing of such equipment is "necessary to protect national security by mitigating risks to the U.S. communications sector."
The Chinese Embassy in Washington and Hikvision have not yet commented, according to the report. The agency could also immediately ban the importation of new devices "to avoid a rush to import new devices" once the order is finalized.
This proposal follows a series of FCC actions targeting Chinese technology, including bans on new models of drones in December and consumer routers last week.
In October, the FCC decided to block new approvals for devices with parts from companies on its Covered List, and to allow the agency to ban previously approved equipment in select instances.
Hikvision had filed a lawsuit in December challenging the FCC decision, citing overreach of authority and seeking "to retroactively nullify lawful authorizations without a sufficient legal or evidentiary basis."
A US appeals court in February rejected a bid by Hikvision to lift the 2022 FCC ban on approvals of its new video surveillance and telecommunications equipment.
In March, United States-based artificial intelligence firm Anthropic accused three Chinese unicorns—DeepSeek, Minimax, and Moonshot AI — of illegally extracting capabilities from its Claude model to advance their own systems.
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