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Fast Company |
Although it’s unclear if ByteDance plans to sell TikTok, several potential bidders have come forward in the past few months.
Reuters |
The Trump administration's work to find an American buyer for the short-video social media site TikTok is on track ahead of the April 5 deadline to reach a deal for non-Chinese ownership, Vice Presid...
Reuters |
Bidders for the short video social media company are piling up, as the weekend deadline for TikTok to find a buyer approaches.
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The White House has examined a menu of options to avert a TikTok ban deadline set for Saturday. One proposal — letting TikTok’s Chinese owner lease the algorithm to a TikTok spinoff in the U.S. — would probably face resistance from China hawks in Trump’s party.
President Donald Trump plans to announce later on Wednesday his plan for a new company called TikTok America, part of his effortsto broker a deal to keep TikTok alive in the U.S., according to a person close to the discussions.
President Donald Trump has suggested he could cut tariffs on Chinese goods if Beijing allows ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to divest the hugely popular video sharing app to avoid a ban in the US.
President Donald Trump will meet on Wednesday to consider a proposal for divesting TikTok’s US operations from Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd., just days ahead of a deadline for a sale of the popular social media app,
After TikTok was banned in the United States earlier this year, President Donald Trump gave the platform a reprieve, barreling past a law that was passed in Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court that said the ban was necessary for national security.
Trump says that the 5 April deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok, or face a ban in the US, could be extended if needed. View on euronews
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,
As the deadline to strike a deal over TikTok approaches this week, President Donald Trump has signaled that he is confident his administration can broker an agreement with ByteDance, the social media app's China-based parent company.
While the deal is still in early discussions and subject to change, it comes just days before a US-set April 5 deadline.