US President Donald Trump signed an executive order prohibiting any dealings with eight Chinese software applications, including the Ant Group's Alipay mobile payment app.
According to Reuters, a senior US administration official said this step aims to reduce the risks to Americans from Chinese software applications that have huge user bases and access. Sensitive data.
The executive order issued on Tuesday stated that the United States should take strong measures against Chinese applications to protect national security.
The order assigns the Ministry of Commerce to determine which transactions will be banned within 45 days and targets the Tencent Holdings Group's (QQ Wallet) and WeChat Pay apps. / p>
and the names of the applications (CamScanner), (Share It), (Tencent QQ) and (VMate) of UC Company are also mentioned Web of the Alibaba Group and (WBS Office) of Beijing Kingsoft Office Software.
The command says to access personal electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers. Software applications connected with Chinese links can access and capture large slices of information from users, including It contains sensitive information ... and private information.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said today, Wednesday, in a press statement that China will take all necessary measures to protect the legitimate rights of companies in light of Trump's decision.
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she added that the United States is misusing its power and working without reasonable justification to rein in foreign companies.
The executive order aims to reinforce Trump's hard-line policy toward China prior to Biden's inauguration as President on January 20.
Biden may revoke the presidential order when he takes office. The Biden transition team did not respond to a request for comment.
