US president Donald Trump raised tensions with China on Tuesday, moving to ban transactions with Chinese software applications including Alipay, WeChat Pay and Tencent's QQ Wallet.
The action taken by Mr Trump in an executive order is the latest in a series of moves by his administration to crack down on Beijing before Joe Biden takes over as president on January 20.
Mr Trump said in a message to Congress explaining the order that the “pace and pervasiveness” of the spread of Chinese software apps “continue to threaten the national security, foreign policy and economy” of the US.
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