US EditionTrump Extends TikTok Shutdown Deadline as Tentative Deal and Potential Buyer Emerge
- President Donald Trump announced on September 15, 2025, that his administration reached a deal with China to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. despite a looming ban deadline on September 17.
- The U.S. Congress passed a 2024 law requiring ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, to sell its U.S. operations by January 19, 2025, or face a nationwide ban, but Trump controversially delayed enforcing it multiple times.
- The deal framework reportedly emerged from trade talks held in Madrid between U.S. and Chinese officials, pending approval from president-level leadership and lacking disclosed commercial details or buyer identity.
- U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer emphasized that they do not intend to allow multiple extensions, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent referred to the agreement as a "framework" that might be prolonged to reach a final conclusion.
- This arrangement suggests ongoing negotiation over TikTok’s ownership balances U.S. security concerns with trade relations, while raising legal questions about presidential discretion over enforcing congressional law.
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Trump extends TikTok deadline as US, China reach deal
TikTok may have just dodged another ban after the U.S. and China reached a breakthrough deal to keep the social media platform running. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Chinese officials in Madrid this week, finalizing what both sides are calling a “framework agreement” to overhaul TikTok’s U.S. operations. Details of the deal The Wall Street Journal reported that under the deal, TikTok’s American business would transfer to a new U.S.-b…
What We Do and Don’t Know About US TikTok Deal With China
After more than a year of negotiations, the US and China have struck a framework agreement to hive off the US operations of social media platform TikTok to a consortium that includes software giant Oracle Corp. If the deal is finalized, it would resolve a persistent issue in Beijing-Washington relations that has become entangled in broader negotiations over trade.
Deal for U.S.-Owned TikTok May Retain Chinese Algorithm
An impending ban on TikTok was averted Monday after officials from both countries reached a “framework” of a deal that would allow the popular social media app to continue operating in the U.S. Trump, speaking to reporters Tuesday, said that the U.S. “reached a deal” with China during talks in Spain to divest TikTok’s U.S. operation from its Chinese ownership and that he will finalize the deal with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday du…
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