{"id":274675,"date":"2025-04-05T08:02:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T08:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/us-tiktok-ban-delayed-again-after-china-stalls-on-deal-over-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T08:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T08:02:04","slug":"us-tiktok-ban-delayed-again-after-china-stalls-on-deal-over-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/us-tiktok-ban-delayed-again-after-china-stalls-on-deal-over-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"US TikTok ban delayed again after China stalls on deal over tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n

The short-form video app was set to be banned in the US the day before Mr Trump<\/strong><\/a> returned to the White House in January unless its Chinese owner ByteDance agreed to sell its US operations to a non-Chinese buyer.<\/p>\n

Trump’s 10% tariffs kick in worldwide – follow latest<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

But on his inauguration on 20 January Mr Trump signed an executive order delaying the deadline.<\/p>\n

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”.<\/p>\n

“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”.<\/p>\n

As part of his “Liberation Day”<\/strong><\/a> – Mr Trump increased tariffs on Chinese goods<\/strong><\/a> coming into the US from 20% to 54%, prompting retaliation from China.<\/p>\n

Beijing said it would respond with its own 34% tariff on imports of all US products from 10 April.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump added on Friday: “We look forward to working with TikTok<\/strong><\/a> and China to close the deal.”<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

It added that “in accordance with Chinese law, any agreement is subject to the relevant review procedures”.<\/p>\n

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The deal would have seen TikTok’s US arm run by a new US-based company – with majority owned US investors and ByteDance having a stake of less than 20%.<\/p>\n

It had been approved by existing and new investors, ByteDance, and the US government, sources told the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n

But Chinese government approval appears to remain an issue.<\/p>\n

The Chinese embassy in Washington said in a statement on Friday: “China has stated its position on TikTok on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n

“China has always respected and protected the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises and opposed practices that violate the basic principles of the market economy.”<\/p>\n

Mr Trump has said he would be willing to reduce tariffs on China to ensure a TikTok deal.<\/p>\n

His administration has said he is in touch with four different groups over the deal – but has not revealed who they are.<\/p>\n

The original law that would have imposed a ban received overwhelming bipartisan support and was signed by former US President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

Both Democrats and Republicans were agreed on their concerns TikTok could be used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans.<\/p>\n

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In the UK, TikTok remains banned on all UK government phones – despite ministers launching an official account<\/a><\/strong> for the government.<\/p>\n

The ‘UK Gov’ account was created last week and has so far posted a series of public service messages on topics including digital driving licences<\/a> <\/strong>and Labour’s plan to boost neighbourhood policing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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