Trump Extends Reprieve of TikTok Ban in New EO; | Political News

As we beforehand wrote, during the manager order signing occasion in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, President Trump introduced a swath of reciprocal tariffs on imports from each nation, together with the People’s Republic of China.

Then as my colleague Mike Miller wrote on Friday morning, China lashed out with a 34 p.c tariff on all U.S. items getting into the Middle Kingdom.

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Later on Friday morning, Trump shared on his Truth Social account that the administration is extending its reprieve of the U.S. ban on TikTok through a revised government order, expressing hope of a “deal” being struck for the social media platform with connections to the Chinese authorities to be bought to an American company, whereas noting that China was “not very happy” in regards to the reciprocal tariffs:

🚨 Statement from @POTUS on TikTok: pic.twitter.com/71SYdM1SfS

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 4, 2025

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He wrote:

My Administration has been working very exhausting on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we’ve got made great progress. The Deal requires more work to make sure all crucial approvals are signed, which is why I’m signing an Executive Order to keep TikTok up and working for an further 75 days. We hope to proceed working in Good Faith with China, who I perceive are usually not very pleased about our Reciprocal Tariffs (Necessary for Fair and Balanced Trade between China and the united statesA.!). This proves that Tariffs are probably the most highly effective Economic device, and really important to our National Security! We don’t need TikTok to “go dark.” We stay up for working with TikTok and China to close the Deal. Thank you in your consideration to this matter!

Here are more particulars on how issues performed out starting on Thursday night time, together with a direct telephone call with the White House, in response to the AP:

The order was introduced as White House officers believed they had been nearing a deal for the app’s operations to be spun off into a new company based mostly in the U.S. and owned and operated by a majority of American buyers, with China’s ByteDance sustaining a minority place, in response to a particular person acquainted with the matter.

But Beijing hit the brakes on a deal Thursday after Trump introduced wide-ranging tariffs across the globe, together with towards China. ByteDance representatives referred to as the White House to point that China would no longer approve the deal till there could possibly be negotiations about commerce and tariffs, stated the particular person, who spoke on the situation of anonymity to debate the delicate particulars of the negotiations.

ByteDance, TikTok’s guardian company, additionally launched a assertion on Friday, confirming that discussions about a “potential solution” are ongoing: 

A spokesperson for ByteDance confirmed in a assertion that the company has been discussing a “potential solution” with the U.S. authorities however famous that an “agreement has not been executed.”

“There are key matters to be resolved,” the spokesperson stated. “Any agreement will be subject to approval under Chinese law.”

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