The United States prohibits the import of ZTE and Huawei equipment for national security

The government of President Joe Biden prohibited the authorizations of new telecommunications equipment from Chinese giants Huawei Technologies y ZTEconsidering that they represent “an unacceptable risk” to the national security of the United States.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) The United States said Friday it had adopted the final rules, which also ban the sale or import of equipment from the Chinese surveillance equipment maker. Dahuathe video surveillance company Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and the telecommunications firm Hytera.

The move marks the latest move by Washington against Chinese tech giants amid fears that Beijing could use Chinese tech companies to spy on Americans.

These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from telecommunications-related national security threats,” said FCC Chairman Jessica Rosenworcel.

Huawei declined to comment. ZTE, Dahua, Hikvision and Hytera did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Rosenworcel sent the proposed measure, which effectively bars companies from selling new equipment in the United States, to the other three commissioners for final approval last month.

The FCC said in June 2021 that it was considering banning all equipment authorizations for all companies on the list.

This came after the March 2021 designation of five Chinese companies on a list for posing a threat to national security under a 2019 law aimed at protecting US communications networks: Huawei, ZTE, Hytera Communications Corp Hikvision and Dahua.