Trump Orders Ban on Transactions With 8 Chinese Apps, Including Alipay

Trump Orders Ban on Transactions With 8 Chinese Apps, Including Alipay
A close-up view of an Alipay logo in the Shanghai office building of Ant Group in Shanghai in a file photo. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump late Tuesday signed an executive order that bans transactions with eight Chinese connected software applications, including Ant Group’s Alipay.

The order released by the White House bans transactions with people that develop or control Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office, as well as with their subsidiaries.