Chinese tech giants face mounting pressure from the US government – will Baidu, Alibaba be next to get hit?

• Although Trump’s response was ambiguous, not indicating whether he was referring to Alibaba and Baidu, it signaled that the US backlash may be snowballing beyond TikTok and Tencent
• Two executive orders issued by Trump on August 6 stated that ‘any transaction’ related to ByteDance or WeChat would be banned after a 45 day grace period