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Asked at a news conference whether there were other particular
China-owned companies he was considering a ban on, such as
Alibaba, Trump replied: "Well, we're looking at other things,
yes."
Trump has been piling pressure on Chinese-owned companies, such
as by vowing to ban short-video app TikTok from the United
States. The United States ordered its Chinese owner ByteDance on
Friday to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok within 90 days,
the latest effort to ramp up pressure over concerns about the
safety of the personal data it handles.
Trump, who has made changing the U.S.-China trade relationship a
central theme of his presidency, has been sharply critical of
China while also praising its purchases of agriculture products
such as soybeans and corn as part of a trade agreement reached
late last year.
(Reporting by Steve Holland; Editing by Richard Chang and Daniel
Wallis)
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