It is a soap opera that never ends. Last year, the Biden administration signed a law that threatened Tiktok to prohibit the United States. Specifically, Bytedance, the matrix company of the application, had until January to sell its US activities under penalty of being prohibited in the country.
But theater. Donald Trump finally postponed the first time, 75 days at the end of January, the entry into force of this law. On April 5, the US President again delayed the deadline of 75 additional days. And this little noisy and cheerful could last for a while.
“It won’t spend much time”
According to the journalist Shelby Talcott, correspondent for the White House for Semaor, Donald Trump plans “simply delay” the Tiktok agreement with China “until this case works”, and added that everything depended on China.
On April 4, the president of the United States said he was “very close” to an agreement to buy Tiktok. If several investor groups are on the table, no agreement had been successful. Donald Trump’s ads around customs tasks have endangered the agreement.
“The agreement requires more work to guarantee the signature of all the necessary authorizations,” said the Republican. “We hope to continue working in good faith with China, which is not very happy with our reciprocal customs duties of what I understand.”
In fact, Washington has decided to raise the surcharge to Beijing at 145%. This Thursday, April 17, Donald Trump finally suggested that the increases in the customs duties to which they proceed USA I could end. What to facilitate relationships with China and, perhaps, find a buyer for Tiktok.
Source: BFM TV
