Donald Trump bans transactions with 8 more Chinese apps

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ President Donald Trump has signed an executive order barring transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay and WeChat Pay to protect America’s national security, citing the steps taken by India to ban more than 200 Chinese connected software applications.

Trump’s order said action is needed to ‘deal with the national emergency’ caused by the ‘pervasiveness of the spread’ of apps created and controlled in China. The ban against the eight Chinese apps — Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office — will come into effect in 45 days from Tuesday.

“The pace and pervasiveness of the spread in the United States of certain connected mobile and desktop applications and other software developed or controlled by persons China, to include Hong Kong and Macau (China), continue to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,” Trump said on Tuesday.