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Tom Mackenzie
@TomMackenzieTV
China + tech. Anchor @BloombergTV, 北京 returnee, @CNBC alum. Opinions.. ring-fenced
Aug 7, 2020 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Trump's WeChat ban has potential to take a cleaver to US-China links - at a corporate and personal level. Here's why:

- #US companies in China – think Starbucks, McDonalds, Disney, Apple - rely on #WeChat for payments, promotions and sales #Thread
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 2. #WeChat – combining functions of Facebook, Twitter, Apple Pay etc into a single app - is a *utility* for the millions of Chinese diaspora globally.
Not just for making calls to family/friends back in China (who all use it), but for payments & other services