Donald Trump Orders Ban On Transactions With Eight More Chinese Apps
Trump s order said action is needed to deal with the national emergency caused by the pervasiveness of the spread of apps created and controlled in China.
PTI 06 January 2021 PTI 2021-01-06T08:13:01+05:30 Donald Trump Orders Ban On Transactions With Eight More Chinese Apps outlookindia.com 2021-01-06T08:13:31+05:30
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order barring transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay and WeChat Pay to protect America s national security, citing the steps taken by India to ban more than 200 Chinese connected software applications.
Trump s order said action is needed to deal with the national emergency caused by the pervasiveness of the spread of apps created and controlled in China.
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San Francisco/New Delhi: Taking India’s example of banning more than 200 Chinese apps, US President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that blocks transactions with Chinese companies running eight apps, including Jack Ma-owned Ant Group’s Alipay, Tencent’s QQ and WeChat Pay applications.
Transactions will be prohibited in 45 days, said the order. Other apps include CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office which are already banned in India.
“The Government of India has banned the use of more than 200 Chinese connected software applications throughout the country; in a statement, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology asserted that the applications were stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorised manner to servers which have locations outside India,” Trump wrote in his
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Alipay to WeChat Pay: Trump orders ban on transactions with 8 more Chinese apps
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order barring transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay and WeChat Pay to protect America s national security, citing the steps taken by India to ban more than 200 Chinese connected software applications.
Trump s order said action is needed to deal with the national emergency caused by the pervasiveness of the spread of apps created and controlled in China.
The ban against the eight Chinese apps Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office will come into effect in 45 days from Tuesday.
Trump orders ban on transactions with eight more Chinese apps
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The ban against Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office will come into effect in 45 days from Tuesday
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps, including Alipay and WeChat Pay. However, the order goes into effect after President-elect Joe Biden takes office, so the order s ultimate fate is unclear.
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The ban against Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office will come into effect in 45 days from Tuesday