ECA代表100家行业组织向FCC提交意见，吁保留美国展会的设备展示豁免规则
100 Industry Organizations Urge FCC to Protect Innovation at U.S. Events and Tradeshows
美国展览与会议联盟（ECA）代表100家行业组织向美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）提交意见，敦促其保留允许未获最终设备授权的新技术在展会临时进口、展示和演示的既有规则。该意见针对FCC拟议规则《通过设备授权计划保护通信供应链免受国家安全威胁》；行业同时请求FCC在程序期间立即澄清现行规则仍然有效，因为有展会主办方反映部分物流商已因规则不确定性拒绝承运今秋运往美国展会的货物。
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9/8/2026
Industry coalition calls for immediate clarification as regulatory uncertainty prompts some shippers to decline freight for fall events
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier today, the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA), the public policy voice of the U.S. business and professional events industry, submitted comments to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on behalf of 100 industry organizations urging the agency to preserve longstanding rules that allow new and emerging technologies to be imported, displayed, and demonstrated at U.S. events and tradeshows before receiving final FCC equipment authorization.
The comments respond to the FCC’s proposed rule, Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through the Equipment Authorization Program, which asks whether existing event and tradeshow exceptions should continue to apply to certain equipment as the FCC strengthens protections for the U.S. communications supply chain.
While the industry coalition supports the FCC’s national security objectives, it is urging the agency to preserve the established, carefully controlled rules that allow certain technologies that have not yet received final FCC authorization to be temporarily imported, displayed, and demonstrated at industry events. For decades, these rules have prevented such products from being sold or commercially deployed while allowing U.S. events to serve as important global showcases for new and emerging technologies.
The industry also asked the FCC to immediately clarify that the existing rules remain in effect while the proceeding is pending, amid reports from event and tradeshow organizers that some shippers are already declining freight bound for U.S. events this fall because of uncertainty surrounding the proposal.
“One hundred organizations from across the industry are speaking with one voice because this issue is critical to the future competitiveness of U.S. events and tradeshows,” said Tommy Goodwin, President and Chief Executive Officer of ECA. “The FCC can secure our nation’s communications supply chain without disrupting a longstanding process that allows exhibitors to showcase the next generation of technology here in the U.S.”
As part of its comments, the industry emphasized that U.S. events and tradeshows play an important role in maintaining America’s technology leadership and global competitiveness. These events bring the world’s newest technologies, innovators, and buyers to the U.S., where manufacturers and technology developers demonstrate new products, gather customer feedback, evaluate performance and interoperability, meet potential business partners, and introduce emerging technologies to customers from across the U.S. and around the world.
“America should be where the world comes to see what’s next,” Goodwin said. “We believe that the FCC can protect national security while preserving the ability to showcase emerging technologies at U.S. events and tradeshows, helping ensure that the U.S. remains the leading global marketplace for innovation, investment, and commercialization. These objectives are not mutually exclusive, and the agency’s longstanding rules demonstrate that we can achieve both.”
The organizations joining the comments represent stakeholders from across the U.S. business and professional events industry, including event organizers, associations, exhibitors, venues, service providers, destinations, technology companies, and other businesses that support events nationwide. More than 99% of U.S. business events companies are small businesses, and the industry employs 2.6 million Americans and will drive more than $400 billion in domestic spending this year.
The full industry comment letter and list of signatories can be viewed here.
About the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance
The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA) is a coalition of leading associations comprising the public policy voice of the U.S. business and professional events industry.
ECA’s member associations include:
- Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
- Experiential Designers & Producers Association (EDPA)
- Exhibition Services & Contractors Association (ESCA)
- International Association of Exhibitions & Events (IAEE)
- International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM)
- International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA)
- PCMA
- Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO)
- UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry
Learn more at exhibitionsconferencesalliance.org.
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