【By Liu Bai, Observer】Another example of the U.S. "national security" farce has emerged.

On October 10 local time, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that e-commerce platforms should remove millions of Chinese electronic products, citing so-called "national security risks," and even warned merchants not to sell camera equipment that could allow China to "spy on Americans."

According to Reuters, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in an interview that major U.S. e-commerce platforms have removed millions of so-called "prohibited" Chinese electronic products as part of the FCC's crackdown.

According to his statement, these "prohibited" products either belong to the list of banned devices or have not been authorized by the agency, including home security cameras, smartwatches, and other products produced by companies such as Huawei, Hikvision, ZTE, and Dahua Technology.

Carr claimed that under the supervision of the FCC, major companies are developing new procedures to prevent the future appearance of "prohibited goods."

He said, "We will continue to strengthen our enforcement."

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr

Meanwhile, the FCC issued a new national security notice reminding companies about prohibited products, including video surveillance equipment. Carr claimed that such products may allow China to "spy on Americans, disrupt communication networks, and pose a threat to U.S. national security in other ways."

Currently, on Amazon, if you locate your address within the United States, such as Los Angeles, searching for "Huawei smartwatch" only shows other brands of smartwatches (as shown in Figure 1 below), and searching for "Huawei" also does not show Huawei smartwatches (as shown in Figure 2 below), only showing related brand phones. However, if you locate your address outside the United States, such as Japan, you can still search for smartwatches (as shown in Figure 3 below).

The FCC announced earlier this week that it plans to further tighten restrictions on telecommunications equipment manufactured by Chinese companies deemed to pose a "national security risk" this month, which is the latest move in a series of actions against China by the United States.

At the vote scheduled for October 28, the FCC seeks to ban devices containing components listed on the "covered list" and to prohibit the sale of "covered list" devices previously authorized under specific circumstances.

According to the updated list on the FCC website on July 23, the listed companies include Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, Dahua Technology, China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, and the FCC has banned the import or sale of new equipment from these companies in the United States.

This removal is another act of the U.S. government's campaign against Chinese products. In recent years, multiple U.S. agencies have taken a series of actions against Chinese tech companies across various sectors such as telecommunications, semiconductors, and automobiles, with the U.S. claiming that these companies pose so-called "national security risks."

The FCC previously banned some Chinese companies from providing telecommunications services in the United States on the grounds of "national security concerns." Just last month, the FCC again cited "national security concerns" to announce the revocation of the accreditation of seven Chinese-backed electronics testing laboratories and explicitly rejected the renewal applications of four other institutions.

China has repeatedly pointed out that the U.S. has generalized the concept of national security, politicized and weaponized trade and technology issues, abused export controls, maliciously suppressed China, seriously undermining market rules and international trade and economic order, severely affecting the stability of the global supply chain, and seriously harming the interests of businesses in China, the United States, and countries around the world. China firmly opposes this and will take firm measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.

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