FCC to vote to ban Chinese labs from testing US electronics

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it will vote this month on barring all Chinese labs from testing electronic devices such as smartphones, cameras and computers for use in the U.S., widening a previous action targeting Beijing.

The FCC last year banned testing of U.S. electronics by labs owned or controlled by the Chinese government, which led to 23 labs being barred, but the substantial majority of China-based test labs are still testing U.S. electronics, the agency said.