Announcement
18 Sep 2020
The Department of Commerce announced prohibitions on transactions relating to the mobile applications TikTok and WeChat for reasons of national security.
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Number of interventions
1
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
20 Sep 2020
Revocation date:
23 Jun 2021
To be terminated: 23 Jun 2021
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On September 18, 2020 the Department of Commerce (DOC) announced prohibitions on transactions relating to the mobile applications TikTok and WeChat “to safeguard the national security of the United St...
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