China News Service, Washington, June 9 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) US President Biden signed an executive order on the 9th to revoke the previous government’s targeting of TikTok, WeChat and 8 other communication and financial software applications And instructed the U.S. Department of Commerce to evaluate the software applications of "foreign opponents" and take action as appropriate.
In August 2020, former US President Trump signed an executive order prohibiting American individuals or entities from trading with TikTok, WeChat and their Chinese parent company on the grounds of posing a threat to US national security.
Since then, some of the above-mentioned injunctions were suspended by the U.S. Federal Court due to litigation by WeChat US users and TikTok.
Biden's new government decree puts forward goals such as "protecting sensitive data and establishing risk identification standards."
The White House said in a statement on the 9th that the new administrative order will guide the Department of Commerce to conduct assessments to identify unacceptable risks that foreign software applications may pose.
The US government will evaluate the risks posed by ICT and service software in transactions based on a standard decision-making framework and evidence-based analysis.
The executive order also requires the Department of Commerce to cooperate with other departments and agencies in the United States to provide solutions to protect sensitive personal data and address potential data leakage risks of software applications.
In response to the US’s unreasonable suppression of Chinese applications, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that China has always opposed the US’s generalization of national security concepts, abuse of national power, and unreasonable suppression of foreign companies. Economic and trade rules provide an open, fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment for companies from all over the world to invest and operate in the United States.
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