The founder of the app’s parent, Beijing-based ByteDance, met with Elon Musk last year.
TikTok awaited an executive order granting it more time to strike a deal after President Donald Trump returned to power on ...
Trump said the government should be a half owner of TikTok's U.S. business in return for keeping the app alive, and ...
Christopher Sadowski Trump’s move comes after China signaled earlier in the day that for the first time it would be open to a deal to keep TikTok in the US market – after steadfastly opposing ...
Trump said he expects China to approve any deal the U.S. would want to make with TikTok, “because we ... to visit China this year and said he is open to it.
One obstacle to a potential divestment is China's unwillingness to allow ByteDance to export its powerful algorithm, which is considered the secret sauce for TikTok. However, a deal could still be ...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was open to billionaire Elon Musk buying social media app TikTok if the Tesla ...
President Donald Trump has said that tariffs on China could hinge on a deal over TikTok’s ownership, as he signed an executive order to keep the popular short-form video platform online in the ...
China is preparing to offer the reinstatement of a trade deal it signed late in President ... that China would also allow investors in TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to negotiate directly ...
Potential TikTok buyers are lining up as President ... decide whether to sell their entities. When asked if China is open to a deal with Trump and how this might look, Chinese Foreign Ministry ...
SINGAPORE—China suggested it ... spokeswoman Mao Ning said any deal should comply with Chinese regulations. Musk has repeatedly argued against banning TikTok and has generally positive relations ...
SINGAPORE—China suggested it was willing to work with Donald Trump to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday that companies can make their own decisions on ...