US Lawmakers Urge Ban on China-Linked Router Maker TP-Link (1)

Seventeen Republican lawmakers urged the Commerce Department to prohibit further sales of equipment from TP-Link Systems Inc., a Wi-Fi router maker whose links to China have raised concerns and prompted investigations in the US.

Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a China hawk, as well as 16 senators and representatives wrote a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Wednesday accusing TP-Link of deep ties to China’s ruling Communist Party and calling the company a “clear and present danger.”

The company has denied the allegations. “As a US company, no foreign country or government – including China – has access ...