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Apple and other large US companies included by the Beijing government in a list of foreign companies considered dangerous to national security
by our correspondent Riccardo Barlaam
Apple and other large US companies included by the Beijing government in a list of foreign companies considered dangerous to national security
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NEW YORK – Apple and other big US companies like Boeing, Cisco and FedEx are at risk of being banned in China. Part of the tough response from the Beijing government that announced, through the Ministry of Commerce, more details on a list of foreign companies deemed dangerous or potentially dangerous to China’s national security, economic development and interests. And Donald Trump thinks so and blesses the agreement proposed by Oracle-Walmart to enter the capital of the popular Chinese application that has been targeted by the White House.
Import-export ban
China’s new policy, which took effect on Saturday, September 19, against US companies provides for a ban on imports and exports, investment freezes, restrictions on residence permits and visas for executives of US corporations. listed. The first list of prohibited companies, which would be fifteen, is ready. But the Chinese authorities did not deliberately spread it: several government outlets, including the Global Times, reported rumors about the sanctioned companies, calling the latest moves by the Trump administration “gangster-style extortion.” As if to underline the discretion of Beijing’s decisions, which will be modulated following the results of the last open games in the technological cold war between the two superpowers and Trump’s decisions.
The US ban on TikTok and WeChat
The Chinese government first spoke about the existence of the “entity list” against large US companies in May 2019 after US sanctions against Huawei. But until now, it had never spelled out the consequences of the Commerce Ministry’s list, despite the White House ban last year on supplies from US chip and software companies to Huawei. The final straw was Friday’s Commerce Department ban on TikTok and WeChat.
Call that was supposed to ring at midnight between Sunday and Monday, but was postponed until September 27, postponed and not withdrawn, a sign of a game still open, when both the popular short video app will be removed such as the electronic messaging and payments service of the Apple and Google digital stores in the United States.
TikTok will no longer be available for download for new users, but it will continue to work until November 12 for the 100 million active US users, pending confirmation of the decision announced by Trump that has meant an office in Texas for the new company TikTok as it climbed. in the Presidential Marine One helicopter for a campaign rally in North Carolina. A newco with the US consortium Oracle-Walmart that should enter TikTok with a 20% stake, with shares of 12.5% and 7.5% respectively, according to the proposal presented to the White House and the final perspective of a list of the new company on Wall Street within 12 months.
