The United States government has signed a new executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps, The order could be revoked by the President-elect once he takes office, though.
United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week, aiming to ban U.S. transactions with eight Chinese apps and services, according to a report by Reuters. The current administration has a history of imposing or attempting to impose restrictions on Chinese companies, with one recent example being ByteDance’s TikTok, which it tried to ban last summer. Just like before, the executive order cites security issues with these Chinese apps, which could potentially allow China to «track the locations of federal employees and contractors, and build dossiers of personal information».
