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Are Anker chargers engineered well enough to match?

Can't say anything about Anker chargers. But I have been somewhat disappointed by their engineering. It is well known that USB 3 can cause interference in the spectrum used by WiFi and BlueTooth (2.4-5GHz), but their USB-C hubs seem to be particularly bad causing a lot of interference. I had one that would reliably disturb wireless keyboards, etc. I did not have the same problem with Apple or Aukey USB-C hubs/dongles.

The Amazon reviews are also full with people who encountered interference:

https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B01D0WE99C?reviewerTy...

If it interferes that badly shouldn't the FCC or similar be having a word?

I have no idea about the interference claim, but incidental radiation within an ISM band is allowed to a great degree, that's the idea of ISM. The device may have been tuned to switch in that band to keep it affordable.

edit- I think I mis remembered this, I can't find an easy to interpret rule or graph that gives an incidental radiation pass unless you're a specific category like wireless charger. it could also be explained by conducted emissions into the laptop that other devices do better with, or just a legal level of interference that happens to be at the high end

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