Little impact seen from potential US government procurement ban: Hytera

China’s leading radio device manufacturer Hytera Communications Co on Monday said it was disappointed at a potential ban by the US government on buying its products and will closely follow the development of the issue.

The manufacturer said the ban would have little effect on its current business in the US since “Hytera mainly focuses on the civilian and commercial markets in the US market,” noted a statement it sent to the Global Times on Monday.

The response came after the US House of Representatives on May 24 passed a $717 billion defensepolicy bill that carried an amendment, barring the US government from purchasing surveillance products from several Chinese companies such as Hytera, based on national security concerns.

The bill still needs to be reconciled with the Senate and sent to US President Donald Trump for his signature before it takes effect.

The other two Chinese companies on the list, which are Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co, responded to the bill earlier.

Hikvision, one of the world’s biggest makers of surveillance equipment, also said that “the company is not affected by the potential ban and it has never attempted to enter the supplier list of the US government,” domestic news site sina.com reported.

On Friday, in a statement released on Hikvision’s official WeChat account, the company said there was no proof that it threatened US national security, and it criticized the accusation as “obvious subjective speculation and prejudice.”