The U.S. Court of Appeals rejected the Justice Department’s request today to prevent the Trump administration from immediately banning Apple and Google from downloading the Chinese communication software WeChat service in the U.S. App Store.

Reuters reported that the three-judge collegiate panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stated in a brief order that the Trump administration had not proved that it would “suffer imminent and irreparable harm during the pending appeal. Speed ​​up the trial.”

A judge in San Francisco rejected the Justice Department’s request on the 23rd and refused to revoke her ruling. The judge previously filed a lawsuit against WeChat users and ruled that the enforcement of the WeChat ban sought by the US Department of Commerce should be suspended.

WeChat users said that this ruling would prevent “unseen closure of a major communications platform that millions of people rely on in the United States.”

The US Department of Commerce’s ban was originally scheduled to take effect on September 20 and will also prohibit Americans from doing business with WeChat and its parent company, Tencent. This order may make this app unavailable in the United States.

The appeal court said that the case will be scheduled for trial in January next year.

Tencent and the US Department of Commerce did not immediately comment.