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Trump Administration’s Orders to Halt WeChat and TikTok Transactions Promise to Affect Chinese Americans First Published Jericho Casper John Costello, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce September 18, 2020 — The United States Commerce Department said Friday that it plans to restrict access to WeChat and TikTok, two Chinese-developed apps, as of midnight on Sunday. On August 6, President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to ban U.S. "transactions" with WeChat and TikTok within 45 days. Commerce Department officials claimed the move was driven by national security concerns. Commerce Department representatives said...
