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The US government has banned all consumer routers from foreign countries, and things look dire

Summary
US bans new consumer routers made outside the US, adding them to the FCC ‘covered list’ over security fears.
Existing and in‑stock foreign routers are exempt; makers must secure conditional FCC approval to sell new imports.
Citing foreign supply-chain risks and backdoors; move may hike prices as users panic-buy routers.
As the US tries to bring its tech manufacturing onto its own soil, the country has also deployed a strong stance against importing hardware from other countries. We first saw this when the tariffs hit soon after Trump’s inauguration, with the prices for hardware produced overseas skyrocketing in advance. Now, the US government has taken a step further and banned any new consumer routers built outside the US from receiving the FCC authorization required for sale in the US, but your current hardware is safe.
The US government hits foreign routers with a hefty ban
The conditions for getting back in are pretty tough
As spotted by The Verge, the US government has published a document via the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about the ban. The move adds any routers produced outside of American soil onto the

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