A bicameral group of 17 Republican lawmakers is urging Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to ban the sales of networking equipment from TP-Link, saying that the company has “deep ties” to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Led by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.), the lawmakers sent a letter, dated May 14, to Lutnick, calling TP-Link “a state-sponsored networking equipment company” that poses “a clear and present danger.”
“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, wrote on the social media platform X on May 14….