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Donald Trump has delayed a potential ban on TikTok for a second time – after China reportedly stalled on a deal to sell its US operations in response to his “Liberation Day” tariffs.
The short-form video app was set to be banned in the US the day before Mr Trump returned to the White House in January unless its Chinese owner ByteDance agreed to sell its US operations to a non-Chinese buyer.
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But on his inauguration on 20 January Mr Trump signed an executive order delaying the deadline.
On Friday, Mr Trump announced he is extending the deadline again by 75 days, claiming the potential sales deal “requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed”.
“We hope to continue working in good faith with China,” he wrote on social media, adding he “understands” that Beijing is “not very happy about our reciprocal tariffs”.
As part of his “Liberation Day” – Mr Trump increased tariffs on Chinese goods coming into the US from 20% to 54%, prompting retaliation from China.
Beijing said it would respond with its own 34% tariff on imports of all US products from 10 April.
Mr Trump added on Friday: “We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the deal.”
ByteDance said in a statement on the Chinese social media platform WeChat on Friday: “We are still in talks with the US government, but no agreement has been reached and the two sides still have differences on many key issues.”
It added that “in accordance with Chinese law, any agreement is subject to the relevant review procedures”.
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