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President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0has signed an\u00a0executive order\u00a0banning transactions with eight\u00a0Chinese\u00a0apps including Alipay and\u00a0WeChat Pay\u00a0in an escalation of a trade war that has been unfolding through most of his term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The order, however, goes into effect in 45 days, nearly a month after Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the next president, so the fate of Trump’s action is unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The orders follow two others Trump signed in August banning dealings with the popular video app TikTok as well as the main WeChat messaging app. The fate of those apps in the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0is still unclear, and with just 15 days left until Inauguration Day, it will likely fall to Biden to deal with them \u2014 or not. The same goes for Tuesday’s executive order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A representative for Biden’s office did not immediately return a message for comment Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alipay is a widely used digital wallet that is part of the empire of e-commerce billionaire and Ant Group founder Jack Ma. WeChat Pay is a rival service operated by tech giant Tencent. The others named in the order are CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate and WPS Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump’s order cites unspecified concerns about the apps collecting Americans’ personal and financial information and turning it over to China\u2019s communist government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The order marks the Trump administration\u2019s latest attempt to hobble China, a rising economic superpower. Over the past several years, it has lashed out at China with tariffs that have sometimes roiled the U.S. stock market, blocked mergers involving Chinese companies and stifled the business of Chinese firms like Huawei, a maker of phones and telecom equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China-backed hackers, meanwhile, have been blamed for data breaches of U.S. federal databases and the credit agency Equifax, and the Chinese government strictly limits what U.S. tech companies can do in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political analysts expect Biden to try to resume cooperation with Beijing on issues such as climate change and the coronavirus. However, economists and political analysts foresee few big changes due to widespread frustration with Beijing\u2019s trade and human rights record and accusations of spying and technology theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But dealing with the fallout from Trump’s latest shot at China could still create more headaches for Biden on top of the ongoing efforts to fight a worsening pandemic after he takes office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Trump administration officials indicated they hadn\u2019t consulted with the president-elect\u2019s team before issuing the latest effort to ban more China apps. They described the apps as instruments for a communist government bent on \u201cdigital totalitarianism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When reporters asked why the administration was only taking these steps now with the Trump presidency down to its final two weeks, one official said the executive action should have probably been taken years ago, \u201cbut better late than never.\u201d The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the executive action publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Security Adviser Robert C. O\u2019Brien framed the order as part of Trump\u2019s ongoing effort to \u201cprioritize the safety and security of the United States homeland and the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s tariffs and orders against China have raised recurring fears among U.S. tech companies and their stockholders that China\u2019s government will retaliate by making it more difficult to do business in the world\u2019s most populous country. If that were to happen, among those that could be particularly hard hit is Apple, which generated $40 billion in sales in China in its last fiscal year \u2014 making it the iPhone maker\u2019s third largest market behind the U.S. and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the worries of a backlash, Apple has emerged largely unscathed from Trump\u2019s battel with China, enabling it to boost its market value above $2 trillion amid the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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