China Trade & Tech
Biden rescinds Trump orders banning TikTok, WeChat, other apps
President Biden on Wednesday rescinded three Trump administration executive orders crafted to ban TikTok, WeChat, Alipay and seven other applications over concerns the China-based app developers had access to sensitive data on U.S. citizens. By revoking the Trump orders -- two of which were issued in August 2020, the last of which was in January -- the Biden administration claims it will be better positioned to address the national security threat posed by some software-enabled applications such as those owned...