The bill targets foreign adversary nations such as China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, which all have their own laws restricting foreign ownership of land.
The certification process involves tens of thousands of devices every year, including smart devices, baby monitors, computers, and network gear, the FCC says.
Malaysia seemingly walks back on a previous announcement about using Chinese AI tech in a major infrastructure project to comply with U.S. export controls.
Experts said a 90-day truce in the tariffs dispute may lead to a mild rebound in the Chinese economy but that the medium-term outlook remains pessimistic.
Beijing’s ‘actions create an environment of opaqueness that is antithetical to the reporting requirements ... of the Securities Exchange Act,’ they wrote.
‘The operating system, or future updates ... to the system, could contain backdoors and vulnerabilities designed to facilitate espionage,’ their letter reads.