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World Service,07 Aug 2020,26 mins

TikTok threatens legal action against Trump US ban

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President Trump is targeting China's WeChat and TikTok, citing national security concerns. Paul Mozer of the New York Times in Taipei explains why American companies have been given 45 days notice to wind up any business they have with the Chinese social media apps. We take a look at the US jobs market, as the latest monthly figures are published, and New York Times reporter Emily Badger explains why the end of the federal enhanced unemployment benefit system disproportionately hits black Americans. We have a report from India, a year on from the country removing special status from Indian-administered Kashmir, examining whether economic promises made at the time have been fulfilled. And we'll hear from our sister programme Marketplace about how the coronavirus pandemic is shifting attitudes towards service robots. (Picture: WeChat and TikTok icons on a smartphone. Picture credit: EPA.)

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