The US bans all new foreign-made network routers
The US bans all new foreign-made network routers
Cisco is made in China. Ubiquiti, Vietnam or Thailand I think.
How is this going to work?
Smuggling? Setting up a factory in Florida that reboxes routers and slaps “Made In America” stickers on them? Resale/referb router prices going through the roof?
Take your pick.
If we see a reversal of the policy soon then it was a standard playbook policy announcement to receive corrupt bribery money from some big manufacturers and importers. If we don’t, it may very well have been with no takers anyway.
We’ve seen it plenty before. Like tarrifs, then exclusions, etc.