U.S. bans Huawei, ZTE equipment sales

The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose “an unacceptable risk” to U.S. national security.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it had adopted the final rules, which also bar the sale or import of equipment made by Chinese surveillance equipment maker Dahua Technology Co., video surveillance firm Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. Ltd. and telecoms firm Hytera Communications Corp. Ltd.

The move represents Washington’s latest crackdown on the Chinese tech giants.

“These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national security threats involving telecommunications,” FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement.