US weighs blacklisting up to five Chinese surveillance firms


The US is deliberating whether to add Hikvision, Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co and several unidentified others to a blacklist that bars them from US components or software, people familiar with the matter said.

WASHINGTON: The US is considering cutting off the flow of vital American technology to as many as five Chinese companies including Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co, widening the dragnet beyond Huawei to include world leaders in video surveillance.

The US is deliberating whether to add Hikvision, Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co and several unidentified others to a blacklist that bars them from US components or software, people familiar with the matter said.

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