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TikTok looks set to stay live in the U.S. after President Trump’s interventions, but other Chinese tech companies won’t be so lucky: his administration is continuing to pursue bans of Beijing’s tech giants, notably drone maker DJI.

Earlier this week, the FCC voted to let itself retroactively ban certain tech products if they’re deemed a threat to national security. That will make it much easier to enforce bans that have already been passed on Chinese technologies, including a 2024 update to the the National Defense Authorization Act. It will now ban Chinese drones from being shipped to the U.S. by December 23, 2025 if they had not been validated by a national security agency as safe and secure for use in America. Unless there’s a sudden reversal, that ban will be enforced by the FCC adding the impacted companies —which include DJI and its smaller rival Autel—to its “covered list” under the Secure and Trusted Communication Networks Act.

Internet router manufacturer TP-Link, which has American and Chinese branches, is also potentially on the chopping block. According to a report in the Washington Post, the Commerce Department has proposed barring sales of TP-Link products. It has the support of the........

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