The US Department of Commerce said: It will issue an order today, Friday, to prevent people in the United States from downloading the video-sharing application TikTok, owned by the Chinese company (ByteDance), and the instant messaging application (WeChat), owned by the Chinese company (Tencent), starting from From 20 September.
Commerce Department officials said that the ban on new US downloads of the TikTok app could be revoked by President Donald Trump before it goes into effect late Sunday if ByteDance makes an agreement on the fate of its US operations.
ByteDance has held talks with Oracle and other companies to create a new company called TikTok Global, which aims to address US concerns about the security of its users' data. The company still needs Trump's approval to stave off the U.S. ban.
Trade officials said they will not block additional technical transactions for the TikTok app until November 12, which gives the company additional time to see if ByteDance will reach a deal for its US operations. "The primary TikTok will remain as it is until November 12," US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Fox Business Network.
The ministry said: The measures will protect users in the United States by eliminating access to these applications and greatly reducing their functionality.
A senior trade official told Reuters: The Ministry of Commerce order will lead to "canceling the platform" for the two applications in the United States and preventing the App Store from Apple and the Google Play Store from Google and other applications on any platform that "can be accessed from within the United States." “.
Officials said: The matter will not prevent American companies from doing business on WeChat outside the United States, and this is seen as good news for American companies, such as Walmart and Starbucks, who use the WeChat mini programs included in it to facilitate transactions and engage consumers in China.
The order will not prevent transactions with other Tencent companies, including: Online gaming operations, and it will not prevent Apple and Google or others from offering TikTok and WeChat anywhere outside the United States.
It is noteworthy that the ban came in response to executive orders issued by Trump on August 6, and the Ministry of Commerce gave 45 days to determine which transactions should be banned from applications that were considered a threat to national security. The deadline expires next Sunday.
Commerce Department officials said they are taking an unusual step because of the risks posed by app data collection. China and the companies have denied collecting US spy user data.
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