According to the New York newspaper The New York Timesthe US Corporation of Electronic Commerce and Computer Services, Amazonhe presented an offer to the White House To be able to buy the social network that allows you to create and share short videos, Tiktokone of the most used applications today.
Amazon intends to buy the digital platform from the owners of China And for that reason he sent his proposal, through a letter, directly to the US vice president, James David Vance, who currently leads efforts to help facilitate the sale of social network operations in the United States.
The Secretary of Commerce in the United States, Howard Lutnickindicated that the deadline to buy the video platform in the North American country is the Saturday, April 5so Amazon’s interest could force other interested parties to pay more for Tiktok, Pressing the rivals to disburse much more money.
According to The New York Times, Amazon made the decision to participate in negotiations for the social network to have “more visibility on the performance of the platform “, taking into consideration that your digital store, Tiktok Shop, It has become one of its main competitors in the online retail business.
Donald Trump will have to analyze the proposals
Given this situation, the president of the United States is expected to Donald Trumphave to meet with the vice president JD Vance During the night of this Wednesday, April 2 to be able to consider all the proposals of the US corporations who plan to buy Tiktok from their Chinese matrixBytedonce.
In accordance with the provisions of the New York newspaper, the administration of the Republican president is considering accepting the offer of the company specialized in the development of cloud solutions, Oraclewhich plans to join with the American company management company, Blackstoneto acquire Tiktok.
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If Donald Trump and Bytedance do not find a buyer reliable For Tiktok operations in the United States for Sunday, April 6, The application will be prohibited in the American nation permanently; However, the president mentioned that he is willing to extend This period “only if it is very necessary.”
This would not be the first time that Trump extends the deadline for the prohibition of Tiktok in the US Monday, January 20 He extended it for two more months, with the objective to address the concern of US legislators, who consider that the Chinese government can collect confidential data from citizens.
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“Personally, I think it’s Very unlikely That President Trump can analyze all the proposals for Saturday, April 5. But well, we will know later, or maybe until Sunday 6, “said one of the bidders for Tiktok, the American billionaire Frank McCourt, Owner of the Olympique de Marseille.
For its part, according to the press specialized in North America, another of the technology companies that is interested in buying the popular application is Microsofta multinational technology company that also owns Xboxthe video game brand that includes a series of consoles and ninth generation applications.