ByteDance is working with US regulators to resolve outstanding security concerns over its planned sale of a stake in TikTok, and the companies involved are bracing for the approval process to drag on past the November election.
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US President Donald Trump’s administration is maintaining pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel to exclude Huawei from Germany’s 5G networks.
A US judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple and Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump asked a San Francisco judge to stay an injunction blocking a ban on Tencent’s WeChat, arguing the Chinese-owned messaging app jeopardises national security.
Just a few days ago, the TikTok deal looked like a win for China. Now its state-run media are denouncing it as “an American trap” and a “dirty and underhanded trick”.
Chinese state media blasted Oracle’s proposed deal with the hit video app TikTok, calling the agreement hammered out under pressure from the Trump administration a “dirty and underhanded trick”.
China is unlikely to approve an “unfair” deal Oracle and Walmart said they have struck with ByteDance over the future of video-streaming app TikTok, the state-backed Global Times newspaper said in an editorial.
The TikTok sale saga reached an apparent conclusion over the weekend when US President Donald Trump approved a deal. But the harmony was short-lived.
Doubts emerged on Monday about Oracle’s deal to take over TikTok as US President Donald Trump said he may still renege on his approval and the Chinese government signalled reluctance.