US ban

States say TikTok has faced growing calls from US lawmakers for a nationwide ban over Chinese government influence

TikTok has already been banned from government-issued phones in multiple countries

Last week, TikTok said Biden administration demanded its Chinese owners divest their stakes or face a potential ban

Huawei chief and founder Ren Zhengfei last month called for a reset with the United States under President Joe Biden

Trump administration has insisted on the need to ban TikTok, saying it has links to the Chinese government

Trump signed an executive order giving ByteDance 90 days to relinquish ownership of TikTok

WeChat is an all-in-one mobile app that has more than a billion users globally

Brands that strike sponsorship deals with major TikTok stars are also underwhelmed by ongoing saga

Trump issued an executive order that gave ByteDance 90 days to divest the US operations of TikTok

TikTok has stepped up its defense against US accusations

Trump's administration expanded restrictions on Huawei over company's alleged ties with Chinese Communist Party

TikTok failed to take down videos made by children under age of 13

US Commerce Department is tightening efforts to deny Huawei access to global semiconductor supplies

The Commerce Department further restrict Huawei's access to US technologies

Huawei is the third-largest smartphone maker in the world

Huawei warned that 2020 would be its most difficult year yet due to American trade restrictions

President Donald Trump signed legislation to bar telecom carriers from using US subsidies

Trump administration officials have postponed for a second time

Several US agencies that deal with national security and intelligence issues have banned employees from using the app

Huawei, the second-largest maker of smartphones

Congress passed legislation to reimburse telecommunications providers

Huawei’s constitutional challenge to a US law

The decision to pull the rule from the formal review process leaves its future in jeopardy

The US move to put Huawei on the Entity List

US President Trump in May placed Huawei on the country’s trade blacklist

US government may expand its power to stop more foreign shipments of products with US technology to China’s Huawei

The website was taken down after a security researcher highlighted the “backdoor” to sidestep a US ban

It may not be able to offer Google’s official Android operating system and widely used apps such as Google Maps

Even though, it is a slowdown from 39% in the first three months of 2019

Trade and economic friction between the two sides has escalated quickly over a short period of time

A 2012 report from the US House Intelligence Committee identified Huawei as a serious risk to national security