Trump’s China tariffs derail push for TikTok deal

The Next TikTok Shutdown Is Likely to Be Longer

The trade war with China is compounding an impasse that shows few signs of being resolved by the June deadline.

‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’: What Happens If TikTok Gets Banned — And No One Believes It?

As the U.S. renews its push to force a TikTok divestment (or shut it down), creators, platforms, and policymakers are responding with skepticism, strategy, or silence — but the effects may still ripple across the entire creator economy and privacy landscape.

Rand Paul on China, free speech, and banning TikTok

Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) has opposed the TikTok ban since it caught on in Congress. In January, sensing a congressional attitude shift after President Donald Trump came to the app's defense, Paul introduced the Repeal the TikTok Ban Act. The bill is part of Paul's broader project of trying to keep alive a "consistently free trade and free markets" wing within the Republican Party. Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown spoke with the senator in January ab…

China is well positioned to weather Trump’s trade war

Five years of export controls have helped it get very good at making things without American technology

TikTok: Somehow Also Affected by the Tariffs

How the Trump administration screwed up its own TikTok deal.

A TikTok Deal Seemed Close. Then Trump Announced Staggering Tariffs On Chinese Goods.

Trump on Wednesday said an agreement on TikTok remains "on the table," even as his trade policy appears to be pushing Beijing further away from negotiations.