Trump extends deadline for TikTok sale
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President Trump on Friday granted TikTok another reprieve by announcing he would extend the deadline for when the popular app had to make a deal to be separated from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or ...
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As TikTok faces another potential ban in the U.S. if not sold to an American buyer, Amazon has expressed interest as have several other companies.
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TikTok faces an April 5 deadline to reach a deal to find a non-Chinese buyer under threat of being banned from the United States.
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China halted TikTok deal with US over tariffs
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China halted a deal this week for the country to divest from TikTok in the United States over President Trump's newest retaliatory tariffs.
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The trade war between the world’s two largest economies reached new terrain on Friday when China said it would impose blanket tariffs on all U.S. goods, striking back decisively at President Trump’s “...
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Brazil will be by far the main beneficiary, the biggest supplier that can replace U.S. soybeans to China.
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TikTok may get banned again over the weekend unless it is sold. When will it be banned again? Who wants to buy TikTok? Here's everything to know.
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Irish Star on MSNTrump breaks silence on China response to tariffs as he admits he doesn't want TikTok to go darkDonald Trump took to Truth Social to say how he really feels about TikTok after delaying its ban a second time as a trade war centered on his tariffs begins to heat up
Many questions remain about the state of a potential deal, but loyal TikTok users have reason to be optimistic. Several interested parties have raised their hands to potentially buy the app, and Trump has expressed a desire to help facilitate a deal and preserve access to the platform.
Trump said his EO will give TikTok's Chinese parent company another 75 days to sell its stake in the social media app or else be banned in the U.S.
The deal remains in limbo, hostage to the emerging trade war between the U.S. and China. On Friday, Trump said he is extending the deadline for TikTok to be banned or sold off by its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance.
Advisers to President Donald Trump are expected Wednesday to present the president with options for a deal to invest in TikTok that involves a number of well-heeled venture capital, private equity funds and tech companies,
China has so far successfully stalled the deal to stop that advantage from slipping out of its grasp. BlackRock originally wanted the deal finalized by April 2, however, China’s antitrust regulatory agency launched a probe into the proposed $23 billion sale by CK Hutchison, likely halting the deal in its tracks, if only temporarily.