The FCC plans to ban all Chinese labs from testing US gadgets by 2029.
[Image: The FCC says China has only 25 percent of the world’s test labs but tests 82 percent of the equipment. (Editor’s note: It might be because those gadgets are made there.) https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-09-165745.png?quality=90&strip=all] The FCC has been cracking down on some Chinese test labs that improperly helped authorize gadgets for import into the US — now, it wants to get rid of Chinese labs altogether starting December 2028, only authorizing labs if they have a reciprocal economic relationship with the US. It’ll vote on October 29th; you can read the whole argument here.
