Trade warChina's Hikvision braces for inclusion on US export blacklist
Surveillance equipment maker faces threat of ban as Washington looks to expand targets
People walk by Chinese-made surveillance cameras installed along a street in Beijing. Hikvision has been criticized for providing surveillance equipment in the troubled region of Xinjiang. © AP
WASHINGTON (FT) -- Hikvision, the Chinese surveillance equipment maker, is bracing for Donald Trump to place it on a US export blacklist, as Washington moves to expand its trade war against Beijing to include sweeping curbs on Chinese technology companies.