Presidential decree prohibiting dealings with operating companies such as "TikTok" in the United States August 7 12:10
President Trump of the United States has a presidential decree from late next month to prohibit trading between byte dance, which operates the world-famous video sharing application "TikTok", and Tencent, which operates SNS etc., with two Chinese IT companies next month. I signed.
President Trump signed a presidential decree on the 6th, and among them, about "TikTok" "By collecting various data such as user location information and browsing history and providing it to the Communist Party of China, threatening US government officials and companies It is a security threat that could lead to espionage against."
On top of that, it says that it will ban transactions with the Chinese IT company "Bite Dance" that operates "TikTok" from the end of next month, 45 days later.
We have also signed a presidential decree to take similar measures for a major IT company "Tencent" that operates a popular SNS "WeChat" in China and other countries.
Regarding "TikTok", a major IT company Microsoft is in the process of negotiations to acquire an American business, and President Trump has indicated that he will ban domestic business unless agreement is reached by 15th of next month.
This presidential decree is positioned as a concrete measure toward the ban, and the Trump administration has increased pressure on the Chinese side in the negotiations for acquisition as the confrontation between the United States and China increases.