US President Donald Trump has checked out banning extra Chinese language-owned corporations following his choice to ban the short-video app TikTok, White Home Chief of Employees Mark Meadows stated on Monday.
Chatting with reporters aboard Air Power One, Meadows stated the administration was centered notably on Chinese language corporations that collected private knowledge and will pose a nationwide safety danger.
“Most of what the president has checked out is banning different Chinese language apps which may acquire private info and have potential nationwide safety danger,” he stated.
On Saturday, Trump stated he might exert strain on extra Chinese language corporations equivalent to expertise large Alibaba.
Trump, who has made altering the US-China commerce relationship a central theme of his presidency, has been sharply crucial of Chinese language-owned corporations over nationwide safety considerations. Below a Chinese language legislation launched in 2017, corporations have an obligation to help and cooperate in China’s nationwide intelligence work.
The Trump administration has additionally ordered TikTok’s Chinese language proprietor ByteDance to divest its US operations inside 90 days.
