![]() ![]() ![]() On 24 October 2020 he gave a speech criticising China’s financial regulatory system. Meanwhile the location of Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba and its offshoot, Ant Group, which owns Alipay, remains a mystery. So far the Biden team has said little about China, but yesterday Harvard Business School senior lecturer Andy Zelleke wrote an article warning: “Among his most daunting challenges will be to lay the foundation for decades of peaceful, constructive relations between the United States and China.” The Bloomberg news agency commented on Trump’s move by saying: “The order is the outgoing administration’s latest bid to use national security powers against China’s largest technology companies, but it will be up to President-elect Joe Biden to decide whether to enforce the policy.” More than three years ago, in November 2017, the US-owned fitness tracking company Strava published heat maps that showed the locations and layout of US military bases, including one in Afghanistan’s Helmand province that clearly showed soldiers’ regular jogging routes around the buildings. This would not be the first time software has been used in this way. In particular he worries that data “would permit China to track the locations of federal employees and contractors, and build dossiers of personal information”. In the order Trump alleges that “a number of Chinese connected software applications automatically capture vast swaths of information from millions of users in the United States, including sensitive personally identifiable information and private information, which would allow the PRC and CCP access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information.” ![]() It bans “any transaction … subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with persons that develop or control the following Chinese connected software applications, … Alipay (pictured), CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office.” The order comes into effect in 45 days, more than three weeks after Trump - and Ross - lose office. He said: “I stand with President Trump’s commitment to protecting the privacy and security of Americans from threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party, and the Department of Commerce will leverage the authorities of the EO to continue our mission to secure the nation, the economy, and the people of the United States.” The order will apply to business apps, including those used in banking and telecommunications, as well as consumer apps, the first source said.Īpps linked to other adversaries such as Iran or Venezuela are already blocked under broader sanctions.Commerce secretary Wilbur Ross immediately responded to Trump’s executive order (EO), saying he had “directed my Department to begin implementing” the Trump ruling. Some of the apps named by Trump have serious data protection issues, while it's unclear why others pose a heightened risk to national security, according to another person familiar with the matter. The Trump targets also included Ant Group’s (688688.SS) Alipay mobile payment app, WeChat Pay, Tencent Holdings Ltd’s QQ Wallet, Tencent QQ, CamScanner, SHAREit, VMate published by Alibaba Group (9988.HK) subsidiary UCWeb and Beijing Kingsoft Office Software’s (688111.SS) WPS Office. WeChat, TikTok and eight other apps targeted by the Trump administration in its last months are eligible for review by Biden's team, one source said. The process stems from a May 2019 Trump executive order for reviewing information and communications technology from foreign adversaries.Īpps from China are most likely to find themselves in the Commerce Department's crosshairs given escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing, the Chinese government's ability to exert control over companies and the number of Chinese apps used by Americans. If Raimondo decides an app poses an unacceptable risk, she "has the discretion to notify the parties" directly or publish the information in the government's official daily publication, the Federal Register, a Commerce Department spokesman said.Ĭompanies will then have 30 days to object or propose measures to secure data better, the Commerce spokesman said.
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