Trump says looking at pressuring other Chinese companies after Bytedance
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he might exert pressure on additional Chinese companies comparable to know-how massive Alibaba <BABA.N> after he moved to ban TikTok.
Asked at a info conference whether or not or not there have been other particular China-owned companies he was considering a ban on, comparable to Alibaba, Trump replied: “Well, we’re looking at other points, certain.”
Trump has been piling pressure on Chinese-owned companies, comparable to by vowing to ban short-video app TikTok from the United States. The United States ordered its Chinese proprietor ByteDance on Friday to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok inside 90 days, the newest effort to ramp up pressure over concerns regarding the safety of the personal information it handles.
Trump, who has made altering the U.S.-China commerce relationship a central theme of his presidency, has been sharply vital of China whereas moreover praising its purchases of …