The US is trying to do to TP-Link what they did to Huawei. Even though, as the article mentions, TP-Link devices have a US-based supply chain and are manufactured in Vietnam. This is literally just the US not allowing China to own any value-added consuming facing products in the US.
All the stuff Snowden leaked about the US government owning everyone’s shit has been suppressed in favour of pro-US propaganda about China maybe doing the same thing, without any real publicly provided evidence.
yeah I'm guessing it's most of the anglosphere. five-eyes stay watchin.