Alipay, WeChat Pay Among 8 Chinese Apps Banned in US by Trump Order

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an govt order banning transactions with eight Chinese software program functions, together with Ant Group's Alipay, the White House mentioned, escalating tensions with Beijing earlier than President-elect Joe Biden takes workplace this month. The order, first reported by Reuters, duties the Commerce Department with defining which transactions shall be banned underneath the directive and targets Tencent's QQ Wallet and WeChat Pay as nicely. The transfer is aimed toward curbing the risk to Americans posed by Chinese software program functions, which have massive consumer bases and entry to delicate knowledge, a senior official advised Reuters. A US Tencent spokeswoman didn't instantly remark. The order signed by Trump additionally names CamScanner , SHAREit , Tencent QQ , VMate, and WPS Office and says "the United States must take aggressive action against those who develop or control Chinese connected software applications to …

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