ByteDance’s TikTok and Tencent’s WeChat apps will be barred from US app stores starting Sunday, the Trump administration said Friday, capping weeks of speculation and efforts by US and Chinese authorities to come to an agreement that would allow the apps to continue operating.
The new actions are part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to protect American consumers and businesses from “the threats of the Chinese Communist Party,” US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement. “At the president’s direction, we have taken…
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