On Saturday, the White House said that a long -awaited agreement on Tiktok Americans would hand over the control of the powerful algorithm of the app and place the platform under a sign conducted by the US.
US Tiktok ownership, Governance set to shift
White House Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that an agreement to split Tiktok into separate American and international versions is almost signed.
“We are 100% convinced that a deal has been closed. Now that that deal must only be signed,” Leavitt Fox News told, adding that they expect it in “in the coming days.”
According to the scheme, Americans will have a majority stake in the American entity of Tiktok, with six of the seven board members who come from the US Oracle Corp Orcl Will continue to offer cloud services for American users, such as under the current structure of Tiktok.
“The crown jewel of this app – the recommendation engine that chooses the following video users who are seen – will be controlled by America,” Leavitt emphasized.
Trump celebrates the progress of Tiktok Deal
President Donald Trump Posted on Truth Social on Friday that he had a “very productive call” with the Chinese president XI Jinping And expressed appreciation for what he described as approval of Tiktok.
However, China did not make public from a deal. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs only said that it hopes that “productive commercial negotiations” will result in a resolution that matches market rules and Chinese legislation, as reported Through Barron.
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Trump’s hardline on Tiktok forces China back to the negotiating table
Last week Trump was reportedly prepared to let Tiktok ‘Go Dark’ a hard attitude that, according to the Minister of Finance, Scott BettingForced China back to the negotiating table.
While Washington focused on the concerns of national security, Wall Street debated the implications of the uncertain future of Tiktok for American technical shares.
Bessent said that Trump had made it clear that he was willing to have Tiktok closed instead of compromising on national security.
He noted that commercial conditions between Bytedance And American investors had largely agreed since the spring, but China was stuck after Trump’s rate announcement of 2 April.
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