Others on the call, according to the report, were representatives from Ford, Proctor & Gamble, MetLife, Intel, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, United Parcel Service, Merck & Co.
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Apple iPhone sales, for instance, could drop 30% worldwide if the ban forces Apple's App Store to drop WeChat, according to one Apple analyst.Ī TenCent spokesperson said the company is "reviewing the executive order to get a full understanding." Experts warn that a WeChat ban could seriously limit the ability of US companies to compete at their current level in Chinese markets. WeChat, owned by China-based TenCent, is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, boasting well over a billion users worldwide, the majority of whom live in China. "The spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People's Republic of China continues to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States," the executive order reads.īut analysts have warned of the particular risk of a WeChat ban to American businesses. The WeChat ban has also been avoided in the short-term. The judge's order not only blocks the Trump administration's attempted ban on downloads of WeChat, but. The US Commerce Department said the deadline for a possible TikTok ban is now September 27, in light of recent positive developments. 6 targeted social media app TikTok and messaging app WeChat - both of which are based in China. The WeChat ban, however, will now be stayed nationwide as a result of Judge Beeler's order. A ban on any services offered by WeChat could have huge implications for US businesses and individuals that rely on the app to communicate with clients, friends and family in China. shores, we explain, the administration has taken an extraordinary step that weakens user security, intentionally dismembers infrastructure that keeps the Internet running, and emulates the very authoritarian tactics the U.S. Their goals, according to the report, were to get more clarity on President Donald Trump's executive order banning "any transaction that is related to WeChat" and to encourage the administration to "narrow the order as it is implemented over the coming weeks," per anonymous sources. The Commerce Department is reviewing recent actions, such as the rules undermining TikTok and WeChat, to ensure that efforts by the Trump administration to ban them based on claimed national-security threats were justified, according to a Thursday government filing in a suit by WeChat users challenging the ban. In its rush to eradicate WeChat from U.S. Disney, Apple, Walmart and nearly a dozen other companies called the White House on Tuesday, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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