Bill to bar TikTok reflects diminishing U.S. confidence

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U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, former House speaker, left, joins a Capitol Hill protest on March 12 to demand the forced sale of TikTok. (Francis Chung/Politico via AP Images)

Nina Xiang is managing director at TH Capital, an investment advisory and asset management firm. She is the author of "US-China Tech War: What Chinese Tech History Reveals About Future Tech Rivalry."

Three and a half years after then-U.S. President Donald Trump tried to ban the viral short video app TikTok from his country via executive order, the U.S. Congress is now striving to bring about the same result through legislation.

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