US telecom agency votes to expand tech crackdown on China
US telecom agency votes to expand tech crackdown on China
ReutersThu, April 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM UTC
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An employee of China Southern Power Grid demonstrates controlling robotic arms using controllers at the company's robotics laboratory during a government-organized media trip in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to advance a proposal to bar all Chinese labs from testing electronic devices such as smartphones, cameras and computers for use in the United States.
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The FCC is also set take an initial vote on Thursday on a separate proposal to bar three major Chinese telecom companies from operating their data centers in the U.S. and could ban telecom carriers from connecting with those Chinese carriers.
(Reporting by David Shepardson, Editing by Franklin Paul)
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