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Trump Issues Executive Orders Banning U.S. Transactions with WeChat and TikTok in 45 Days

Tracy CHEN

Summary: President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders prohibiting U.S. residents from doing any business with TikTok, WeChat or the apps’ Chinese owners beginning 45 days from now, citing the national security risk of leaving Americans’ personal data exposed. The move coincides with Trump’s push for the sale of TikTok, the popular video app ...

President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders prohibiting U.S. residents from doing any business with TikTok, WeChat or the apps’ Chinese owners beginning 45 days from now, citing the national security risk of leaving Americans’ personal data exposed.

The move coincides with Trump’s push for the sale of TikTok, the popular video app owned by ByteDance, to an American company, and it comes a day after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo urged U.S. businesses to remove Chinese apps from their stores. The measure threatens penalties on any U.S. resident or company that engages in any transactions with TikTok, WeChat or their owners after the order takes effect.

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