Lawmakers Urge Commerce Department to Ban China-Linked Router Company
Led by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.), the lawmakers
'China is not our friend, and we should not bring CCP-controlled equipment into American homes,' Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), who cosigned the letter,
'Proud to join my colleagues in supporting [Commerce Department's] investigation of TP-Link and urging swift action to prohibit sales.'
The lawmakers stated that Chinese state cyber actors 'have exploited' the company's small and home office (SOHO) products, such as Wi-Fi routers, cellular gateways, and mobile hotspots, in their cyber campaigns against the United States.
'CCP agents commonly exploit SOHO routers because those systems have ideal bandwidth and computing power for sustained cyber activities but lack additional layers of security common in enterprise networks,' the letter reads.
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The lawmakers also warned that TP-Link 'is subject to China's National Security Law,' thus allowing the CCP to gain access to U.S. systems via the company's devices, 'before American authorities know a vulnerability exists.'
TP-Link was also accused by the lawmakers of engaging in 'predatory pricing,' resulting in the company being able to quickly 'capture nearly 60 percent' of the U.S. market share on retail routers and Wi-Fi systems.
According to the letter, the Department of Justice has launched an investigation into TP-Link's pricing practices, and the Department of Commerce also has conducted its own probe into the company.
The lawmakers said Lutnick should 'immediately prohibit the future sales' of TP-Link's SOHO products in the United States.
'Each day we fail to act, the CCP wins while American competitors suffer, and American security remains at risk,' they wrote.
TP-Link,
In response to an inquiry from The Epoch Times, TP-Link Systems dismissed the letter, saying that it is 'based on unfounded press rumors' and 'we look forward to setting the record straight about our company.'
'As a U.S. company, no foreign country or government—including China—has access to or control over the design and production of our products,' it said.
Other cosignees of the letter are Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Abraham Hamadeh (R-Ariz.), and John Rose (R-Tenn.), as well as Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Tedd Budd (R-N.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), James Risch (R-Idaho), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.).
On May 6, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
The attorney general said in a statement that the companies must 'protect Texans' data from falling into the hands of the CCP.'
Paxton's office said that 'additional legal action will be taken' if the companies fail to comply before the deadline.
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