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waste of time.
In the final days of his administration US President Donald Trump has barred transactions with seven Chinese applications, including Alipay payment platform owned by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Group.
The executive order, signed Tuesday, also hit Tencent QQ Wallet and WeChat Pay, as well as the apps CamScanner, SHAREit, VMate and WPS Office.
The measure comes amid major concerns that the apps could be used to track and build dossiers on US federal employees, and follows several aggressive steps against Chinese tech giants
“The United States must take aggressive action against those who develop or control Chinese connected software applications to protect our national security,” the order said.
In the final days of his administration US President Donald Trump has barred transactions with seven Chinese applications, including Alipay payment platform owned by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Group.
The executive order, signed Tuesday, also hit Tencent QQ Wallet and WeChat Pay, as well as the apps CamScanner, SHAREit, VMate and WPS Office.
The measure comes amid major concerns that the apps could be used to track and build dossiers on US federal employees, and follows several aggressive steps against Chinese tech giants
“The United States must take aggressive action against those who develop or control Chinese connected software applications to protect our national security,” the order said.
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