The executive order goes into effect on February 19 – which is almost a month after Trump will be replaced by President-elect Joe Biden.
The order states: ‘The United States has assessed that a number of software applications related to Chinese automatically record large amounts of information from millions of users in the United States, including sensitive personally identifiable information and private information, which the PRC and CCP will provide access to Americans’ personal and personal information. ‘
The relevant apps affected by this order are Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay and WPS Office.
During his tenure, Trump pursued a number of Chinese technology giants, with TikTok and WeChat previously threatened with bans.
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