Translated by Claude, edited by Sinocism.com

Source: MOFCOM | July 30, 2026

Q: On July 28 US Eastern time, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it would add foreign-produced power inverters and advanced robotics equipment to its "Covered List," meaning new models of the relevant products will be unable to obtain FCC certification authorization and cannot be sold on the US market. What is MOFCOM's comment on this?

有记者问：美东时间7月28日，美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）宣布，将外国生产的电力逆变器和先进机器人设备列入“覆盖清单”，相关新型号产品将无法获得FCC认证授权，不得进入美市场销售。请问商务部对此有何评论？

A: We have taken note of the situation. On the surface, the FCC's measures fly the banner of "non-discrimination," but in substance they discriminate against and suppress Chinese enterprises and products. This is not the first time the FCC has taken such measures; it has previously imposed restrictions on other Chinese goods on multiple occasions. For some time now, the FCC has ignored China's repeated representations and its restraint, continuing to roll out and steadily escalate restrictive measures, seriously harming China's legitimate trade interests, seriously undermining the stable state of China-US economic and trade relations, and seriously disrupting the stability of global industrial and supply chains. China firmly opposes this.

答：我们注意到有关情况。美国联邦通信委员会相关措施表面上打着“非歧视”的旗号，实质上歧视性对待和打压中国企业和产品。这已不是美国联邦通信委员会第一次采取类似措施，此前其已多次对其他中国商品实施限制。一段时间以来，美国联邦通信委员会无视中方反复交涉和克制态度，持续出台、不断升级限制措施，严重损害中方正当贸易利益，严重破坏中美经贸稳定局面，严重扰乱全球产业链供应链稳定，中方对此坚决反对。

Robots and power inverters are both normal international commodities, and all parties, including the United States, benefit from trade in them. The US side generalizes the concept of national security, disregards the strong appeals of industry in both China and the United States, resorts to administrative power, artificially interferes with normal commercial transactions and trade between enterprises, and continues to push "decoupling and the severing of supply chains." This practice harms others without benefiting oneself and is a textbook case of market distortion and unilateral bullying. China urges the US side to immediately rescind the relevant measures and stop its erroneous practices. If the US side willfully persists, China will resolutely take countermeasures to safeguard its own legitimate rights and interests.

机器人、电力逆变器均是正常的国际商品，包括美国在内的各方都从贸易中获益，美方泛化国家安全概念，不顾中美两国业界强烈呼声，动用行政力量，人为干扰企业间正常商业交易和贸易往来，持续推进“脱钩断链”，这种做法损人不利己，是典型的市场扭曲和单边霸凌行为。中方敦促美方立即撤销有关措施，停止错误做法。如果美方一意孤行，中方将坚决予以反制，维护自身正当权益。