The European Union (R) and US flags are seen on March 10,2014 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. (AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP via Getty Images)
The White House ordered Commerce and Homeland Security to examine weak spots in how the IT and communications industries produce hardware and software.
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., right, speaks with Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on June 8, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds-Pool / Getty Images)
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House on August 23, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 11: Brandon Wales, Acting Director Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency at U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Ryan Higgins, Chief Information Security Officer at U.S. Department of Commerce, are sworn in at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing (Photo by Tasos Katopodis-Pool/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump's executive order against Alipay, WeChat Pay and other Chinese apps won't take effect for 45 days — more than two weeks after Joe Biden…