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Trump 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…
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