Just after assuming the position, the Republican President granted a term Until April 5 To the Chinese company Bytedance to sell operations in the United States of the popular video platform.
In case of not doing so, the social network, with 170 million of Users in the United Stateswill be prohibited by virtue of a law approved in 2024 in the name of national security.
A few days after that term is coming, Trump proposed on Wednesday, March 26 Reduction of tariffs to China If an agreement is approved Tiktok salebut the Chinese authorities did not accept.
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Regarding the question of Tiktokthe Chinese part has repeatedly expressed its position. Chinese position against Imposition of additional rates He is also congruent and clear, said the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guo Jiakun.
At the end of his first mandate, Trump tried to ban the platform for issues of national security, Since the authorities fear that China can use the application to spy or influence its users.
However, just after assuming the presidency again, he postponed the deadline that the previous administration had given to prohibit the platform if their Chinese owners did not sell it.
On March 26, at the White House, Trump was confident in reaching some kind of agreement to keep Tiktok in the United States. But if it is not concluded, it does not matter, we will simply prolong the deadline, he added.
Until now, Tiktok owners do not seem very excited about the idea of selling the platform, which has several interested in the United States, such as the emerging company of perplexity artificial intelligence, giants such as Microsoft or Oracle, or the Internet celebrity Mrbecast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson.