Trump Issues Executive Orders Banning TikTok, WeChat in 45 Days

President Trump made good on his threat to ban TikTok, issuing an executive order that will bar the wildly popular video app’s parent company, ByteDance, from conducting business transactions with other American companies beginning in 45 days. A separate order bans business transactions involving WeChat, a popular communications and commerce app owned by the Chinese internet giant Tencent.