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Trump floats reducing tariffs on China to secure TikTok deal

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested reducing tariffs on China to finalize a TikTok sale, yet Beijing rejected this idea, stating its position is clear, according to foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun.
A law mandates TikTok to be sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or face a ban in the U.S. Due to security concerns.
Various groups are interested in acquiring TikTok, including the initiative 'The People's Bid for TikTok' launched by Frank McCourt and investors like Microsoft and Oracle.
Time is critical, as Trump’s Executive Order for TikTok's parent company expires on April 5, with legal and technical challenges surrounding the sale of the app.

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The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 13

The uncertainty around TikTok on the US market remains but deadline is coming up. One of the first things president Donald Trump did when back in the White House was to give the Chinese owned social media until April 5 to find a buyer to avoid a ban on the US market. A new survey shows that public support for a TikTok ban is falling. Support for banning TikTok now stands at 34% among US adults. That’s down from 50% in March 2023, according to Pe…

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Pro-Trump Billionaire from Wyoming is Current Highest Bidder to Buy TikTok

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As the deadline for ByteDance to divest from social media platform TikTok approaches, the current highest bidder is a stalwart Donald Trump ally with big dreams of revolutionizing social media and the user data trade. Under the Biden administration, Congress passed legislation forcing ByteDance to either sell off TikTok or cease operations within the United States. Though Trump attempted to ban the app during his first term, he has since pivoted…

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Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Biden says he won’t enforce it

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Trump May Cut China Tariffs To Speed Up TikTok Sale

Could TikTok’s fate be tied to Trump’s trade war with China? As the April 5 deadline looms for a non-Chinese buyer to take over the app, Trump has hinted at a surprising incentive—cutting tariffs on China to seal the deal.“Maybe I’ll give them a little reduction in tariffs or something to get it done,” Trump told reporters. His remark signals that TikTok’s future may now be part of a broader economic chess game.The app, used by 170 million Ameri…

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Donald Trump tries to sweeten TikTok deal with Chinese tariff tease

Donald Trump is still desperately trying to get his pudgy little hands on TikTok one way or another. Despite initially calling for it to be banned, the president changed his tune and restored the app, giving the Chinese owners until April 5th to find an American buyer. Well Trump’s deadline is fast approaching and yet ByteDance, the company behind the popular video-sharing app, have so far refused to sell it. In what some would call a last-ditch…

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