Beijing, March 1. China on Wednesday asked the European Union to “respect the principles of market economy and competition” and to “stop using national security as a pretext”, after the European institutions announced that they would do without the Chinese application TikTok on your devices.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said that “despite the EU claiming to be the most open market in the world, it has recently adopted restrictive measures against foreign companies. ‘other countries”.
Mao assured that the decision of the European Commission and the Council of the European Union to ban their workers from using TikTok on official phones for security reasons “damages the confidence of the international community in the European business environment”.
“The European Union must match its words with its deeds,” said the spokesperson, who urged the European supranational body to “provide businesses in all countries with an open, fair and transparent environment, without discrimination” .
Brussels threatened in January the CEO of the Chinese company, Shou Zi Chew, to ban its use in the European Union if it did not prevent minors from having access to “potentially deadly videos” and it did not prevent the transfer of user data to third countries.
The European Commission is following suit in the United States, where the White House recently gave US federal agencies 30 days to remove the social network TikTok from all government electronic devices, a decision also criticized by Beijing. EFE
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