NEW YORK – President Donald Trump has agreed to give Chine’s ByteDance 45 days to negotiate a sale of popular short-video app TikTok to Microsoft Corp, three people familiar with the matter said on Saunday.
U.S. Official said TikTok under its Chinese parent poses a national risk because of the personal data it handles. Trump said on Friday he was planning to ban TikTok in the United States after dismissing the idea of a sale to Microsoft.
But following a discussion between Trump and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the Redwuoo, Washington-based company said in a statement on Sunday that it would continue negotiation to aquire TikTok from ButeDance, and that it aimed to reach a deal by Sept.15.
Trump changed his mind following pressure from some of his advisers and many in his Republican party, one of the sources said. Banning TikTok would alienate many of its young users ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November prominent Republican lawmakers put out statements in the last two days urging Trump to back a sale of TikTok to Microsoft.
‘A win-win in the making’, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham tweeted in response to Trump’s new stance on Sunday.
The negotiation between ByteDance and Microsoft will be overseen by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a U.S. government panel that has the right to block any agreement, according to the sources, who requested anonymity ahead of a White House announcement. Microsoft cautioned in its statement that there is no certainty a deal will be reached.
‘Microsoft fully appreciate the importance of addressing the President’s concerns. It is committed to acquiring TikTok subject to a complete security review and providing proper economic benefits to the United States, including the United States Treasury’, Microsoft said in a statement.
ByteDance and the White House did not immediately respond to request and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the Microsoft talks. In a statement issued late on Sunday that did not mention TikTok, ByteDance said it faced ‘complex and unimaginable difficulties’ in going global. As relations between the United States and China deteriorate over trade, Hong Honk’s
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