{"id":267818,"date":"2025-03-27T08:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/tiktok-trump-says-he-may-cut-china-tariffs-to-help-seal-deal-to-sell-the-app\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T08:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:12:11","slug":"tiktok-trump-says-he-may-cut-china-tariffs-to-help-seal-deal-to-sell-the-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/tiktok-trump-says-he-may-cut-china-tariffs-to-help-seal-deal-to-sell-the-app\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok: Trump says he may cut China tariffs to help seal deal to sell the app"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US President Donald Trump says he may cut tariffs on China to help seal a deal for short video app TikTok to be sold by its owner ByteDance.<\/p>\n

Trump also said he was willing to extend a 5 April deadline for a non-Chinese buyer of the platform to be found.<\/p>\n

In January, he delayed the implementation<\/a> of a law passed under the Biden administration to ban TikTok.<\/p>\n

The legislation, which was signed into law in 2024, cited national security grounds for the sell or be banned order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“With respect to TikTok, and China is going to have to play a role in that, possibly in the form of an approval, maybe, and I think they’ll do that,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“Maybe I’ll give them a little reduction in tariffs or something to get it done,” he added.<\/p>\n

Trump also said he expected at least the outline of a deal to be reached by the 5 April deadline.<\/p>\n

In response to the comments, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry said Beijing “has repeatedly stated its position. China’s opposition to the imposition of additional tariffs has always been consistent and clear”.<\/p>\n

Trump made the comments after announcing new import taxes of 25% on all cars and car parts<\/a> coming into the US in a move that threatens to widen the global trade war.<\/p>\n

The BBC has contacted TikTok for comment.<\/p>\n

The biggest sticking point to finalising a deal to sell the TikTok business, which is worth tens of billions of dollars, has always been securing Beijing’s agreement.<\/p>\n

Trump has previously tried to use tariffs as leverage in the negotiations.<\/p>\n

On his first day back in the White House, on 20 January, the president threatened more import duties on China if it did not approve a TikTok deal.<\/p>\n

The hugely popular app is used by around 170 million Americans.<\/p>\n

Trump, who called for TikTok to be banned in his first term as president, now has an account on the platform. <\/p>\n

He has more than 15 million followers and has said he received billions of views on the app during his presidential election campaign.<\/p>\n

Separately, the US increased levies on all imports from China to 20% this month.<\/p>\n

That doubled the tariffs Trump imposed on the world’s second largest economy on 4 February<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On 10 February, China responded with its own tariffs, including a 10-15% tax on some US agricultural goods.<\/p>\n

Beijing has also targeted various US aviation, defence and tech firms by adding them to an “unreliable entity list” and imposing export controls.<\/p>\n

The 10% levy doubled to 20% on 4 March.<\/p>\n

China has urged the US to return to dialogue with Beijing as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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