"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing TP-Link over claims that the router-maker is misleading customers about its ties to China. In a lawsuit filed this week, Paxton claims TP-Link is "masking its Chinese connections," while serving as "an open window for Chinese-sponsored threat actors and Chinese intelligence agencies." TP-Link was founded in China, but has attempted to distance itself from the country in recent years."
"In 2018, the company established a manufacturing facility in Vietnam, and then centralized its global headquarters in the US in 2024, forming TP-Link Systems. Though TP-Link markets its routers and other products as "Made in Vietnam," Paxton alleges that the company sources "nearly all" of the components used to manufacture these items from China. "The reality is that TP-Link continues to operate its supply-chain deep inside of China, with China's support, and through Chinese exports," the lawsuit claims."
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges TP-Link conceals Chinese affiliations and exposes customers to security and intelligence risks. TP-Link was founded in China, opened manufacturing in Vietnam in 2018, and centralized global headquarters in the US in 2024 under TP-Link Systems. Paxton alleges the company sources nearly all components from China while marketing products as "Made in Vietnam," and that final assembly in Vietnam does not erase those Chinese supply-chain ties. The company faces scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission and a Texas probe for alleged consumer-protection and product-security misrepresentations. The lawsuit is part of broader actions against Chinese-linked firms.
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