Comment on  FCC Rule ET Docket No. 24-136: Protecting American Testing Labs From China Labs

Letter from Compliance Testing to President Trump and FCC Chairman

Click to see the January 30, 2025 request to ban Chinese Labs from Michael Schafer CEO of Compliance Testing LLC delivered to the FCC Chair Brendan Carr & and President Trump 

On January 30, 2025, Michael Schafer wrote to President Trump addressing the unfair trade practices in regulatory testing that have cost the U.S. an estimated $28 billion annually. It was his hope that testing services could be returned to U.S. labs.

We are pleased that the FCC has taken up the cause with a proposed rule (FCC-CIRC 2505-01 – Docket No. 24-136) to put controls in place protecting the U.S. regulatory test labs (TIC industry) and America’s national security.

“This is about righting a wrong,and restoring testing that should have always been done by American test labs and workers,” Schafer said. “We’re pleased to see the FCC moving in this direction and encourage final adoption of this rule.”

Please read the letter by clicking the image or this link.

COMMENT: Let The FCC  and White House Hear from You

Please SAVE OUR US TEST LABS and PROTECT US IMPORTED PRODUCTs by being tested only by US Labs AND protect our US ENGINEER’S JOBS  

Suggested Comments to Send to the FCC and the White House:

Click on the Golden Button or the Form to send your comments to the FCC.
Review the proposed elements below to include in your comments to the FCC

1. Why would the FCC allow China labs to perform critical regulatory testing which protects us from problem products and electronics when CHINA HAS NOT ALLOWED THE U.S. Test Labs to perform similar testing on U.S. products going to China?

2. China also tests food coming to the U.S. and  few years ago the dog food killed dogs. 

3. China still has a test lab in Wuhan from which they shipped the U.S. COVID virus, can we trust the China Labs to test anything.  This has to stop 

4. The FCC is already planning to remove the most obvious Test Labs, that tested transmitters that violated U.S. National Security.  We need to do that on all China Test Labs. 

5. The FCC has estimated about 75% of U.S. Regulatory Testing is performed by China Labs. Estimates of this are $28bb to $400bb in lost U.S. Test revenue to China.  

6. Improper testing can be fatal.  RF and EMC labs test to critical requirements including protecting RF emissions from causing brain damage from cell phone and other transmitters, to RF emissions which could fatally interfere  pace makers for fatal results.  Or interference with police radios.  Data can be taken via Chinese made electronics as a form of spying via wifi, cellular, routers, sensors, IoT devices, drones,voting machines connected to the internet and much more. Imagine most or all of all China made transmitters having the ability to spy us with their products – just like they do on their own citizens.  

7. Thousands of American jobs have been lost to China Test Lab Engineers 

8. We cannot trust the testing of China Test Labs as many devices retested in the us when originally tested by a Chinese Lab fail the real U.S Standards.  

9. Europe currently requires cybersecurity testing for internet-connected devices falling under the RED directive, with broader requirements starting in 2027.