特朗普打壓支付寶、微信支付!外媒特別提到了這個時間點……
據外媒最新消息,美國總統特朗普在當地時間5日簽署行政命令,禁止與包括支付寶、QQ錢包、微信支付在內的8款中國應用軟件進行交易。
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group's Alipay mobile payment app…
《紐約時報》報道稱,特朗普在這份行政命令中,指責中國一直在利用“大量數據採集”來推進其經濟和國家安全議程,這些有針對性的應用程序會將美國人置於危險之中。
In the order, the president said that China had been using “bulk data collection” to advance its economic and national security agenda, and that the targeted apps put Americans at risk.
《紐約時報》報道截圖
路透社在報道中援引美國政府一位高官的話稱,此舉旨在遏制中國應用軟件對美國人構成威脅。
據悉,特朗普政府繼續以所謂的“國家安全”為理由,要求美國對中國的應用軟件開發者採取“激進的措施”,以保護美國國家安全。
The move is aimed at curbing the threat to Americans posed by Chinese software applications … a senior administration official told Reuters.
The order argues that the United States must take "aggressive action" against developers of Chinese software applications to protect national security.
路透社報道截圖
路透社還在報道中特別提到一點,距離美國當選總統拜登上任僅有兩週時間,而特朗普政府還在繼續加劇與中國的緊張關係。
…escalating tensions with Beijing two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
對此,《紐約時報》評論稱,特朗普在此時採取行動,或將有助於鎖定這屆政府對華強硬的立場,並可能會進一步激怒中國。
The move, two weeks before the end of Mr. Trump's term, could help lock in his administration's harsher stance toward China and is likely to further rankle Beijing.
據報道,商務部需要根據這項行政命令,在45天內界定哪些交易需要被禁止。
It tasks the Commerce Department with defining which transactions will be banned under the directive within 45 days…
但美國一位官員對路透社透露,儘管有一個45天的期限,但商務部仍計劃在1月20日之前開始採取行動。
Despite the 45-day time line laid out by the order, the Commerce Department plans to act before Jan 20 to identify prohibited transactions, another US official told Reuters.
據悉,這輪被特朗普政府列入“黑名單”的8箇中國軟件應用程序包括支付寶、CamScanner(掃描全能王)、QQ錢包、SHAREit(茄子快傳)、騰訊QQ、VMate、微信支付和WPS Office。
此前,特朗普曾在2020年8月6日簽署行政命令,以威脅美國國家安全為由,將在45天后禁止任何美國個人或實體與抖音海外版(TikTok)、微信及其中國母公司進行任何交易。