Photo: TikTok to remain in the US for another 75 days (Getty Images) Author: Karina Levitskaya
The United States has extended its agreement with Chinese company ByteDance, allowing Americans to use TikTok for another 75 days.
This was stated by American leader Donald Trump, RBC-Ukraine reports with reference to Truth Social.
Trump's previous order to sell TikTok's U.S. unit to China's ByteDance lasted until April 5.
But Trump said his administration had “worked hard on a deal to save TikTok” and he signed an executive order to extend the social media company's operations for another 75 days.
“We look forward to continuing to work in good faith with China, who I understand is not very happy with our mutual tariffs… We do not want TikTok to go dark. We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the deal,” Trump wrote.
US Agreement with TikTok
It is worth noting that Washington believes that ByteDance's ownership of TikTok makes it dependent on the Chinese government, and Beijing can use the app to conduct influence operations against the United States and collect data on Americans.
Last year, former US President Joe Biden signed an order requiring TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to find a buyer for the app outside of China by January 19.
However, ByteDance never found a new buyer, so TikTok briefly suspended operations in the US earlier this year.
However, a complete shutdown was avoided: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that delayed the implementation of this law for 90 days – until April 5 – to give additional time to conclude a deal.
Let us also recall that a few days ago, the American leader said that he would consider reducing tariffs on China. In particular, in order to secure Beijing's support for the sale of TikTok. He noted that each tariff item costs more than the social network.
RBC-Ukraine also wrote that earlier today Trump said that the US is close to an agreement on TikTok.
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