Trump’s TikTok Ban: US-China Escalation Goes Digital

... against Chinese telecommunications companies through the US Department of Commerce. It is noteworthy that the bans on WeChat and TikTok were implemented by the president directly through separate decrees, and not through decisions of the executive branch.... ... of the high status of the decisions being made – the US President took all the responsibility personally. Danil Bochkov: China Replacing Russia as the Boogeyman in the U.S. Presidential Campaign: Implications for Russia-China Relations The White House ...