Donald Trump has given Americans an update on TikTok’s future in the country not long after China took steps to retaliate against the US’ newest tariffs.
Donald Trump has issued a statement about whether TikTok will be banned in the US following an extension to see if the company could be sold.
Writing on his social media platform on Friday, Trump insisted progress had been made but more still needed to be done in the coming weeks.
Trump also defended to the global tariffs he unveiled earlier this week and China‘s response to them, calling the US’ move necessary for good trade relations between the two countries.
Donald Trump has given Americans an update on TikTok’s future in the country not long after China took steps to retaliate against the US’ newest tariffs.
Donald Trump has issued a statement about whether TikTok will be banned in the US following an extension to see if the company could be sold.
Writing on his social media platform on Friday, Trump insisted progress had been made but more still needed to be done in the coming weeks.
Trump also defended to the global tariffs he unveiled earlier this week and China‘s response to them, calling the US’ move necessary for good trade relations between the two countries.
As of Thursday (April 3), the president said that the US was ‘very close’ to securing a buyer of the app, however, he did not give details on who that may be.
Donald Trump has said they are close to finding a buyer for the company (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump said ‘multiple investors’ were close to securing a deal, with reports of a number of potential buyers being in the frame.
Kelsey Chickering, principal analyst at Forrester, said that it was ‘highly unlikely’ that TikTok would ‘go dark’ again, as it did briefly in January, and that ‘all signs point to a deal or another extension’ if a seller isn’t confirmed by the end of the next 75 days.
The whole issue initially arose when the US government passed a law demanding that ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, sell the platform due to national security concerns.
The fear was that Beijing could use the app to harvest data about American citizens or use it to influence individuals in America. China has denied both of these accusations.
