3/27/2025–|Last update: 3/27/202501:39 PM (Mecca time)
On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump expressed his readiness for customs customs with China in exchange for its approval to sell the activities of the Tek Tok platform in the United States, according to the French News Agency.
Trump said that “China will have to play a role” in selling Tek Tok’s activities, adding, “He may give them a small customs lowering or something to accomplish this.”
On January 19, he entered into force an American law ordering the American branch to apply Tech Tuk to cancel his association with his mother Chinese “byte Dance” under penalty of banning the platform in the United States, against the background of fears that Beijing can spy on Americans or secretly affect American public opinion.
The law made it impossible to use the platform in the United States for hours, and it completely disappeared from the application stores.
But with his assumption of the presidency on January 20, Trump froze the law, and gave a 75 -day “byte Dance”, to sell its American activities. This deadline expires on April 5.
At the end of this period, and if it is not sold, the platform with great popularity in the United States will prohibit it with 170 million people.
In his first presidential term, Trump had sought to ban Tech Talk in the United States against the background of concerns with national security.
Many companies expressed their desire to buy Tech Talk in the United States, knowing that “byte Dance” did not show any intention to sell their platform.
In March, Trump said, “We are conducting negotiations with 4 different groups, and many people are concerned.”
The declared goal is to make the Internet “safer”, especially by giving users the ability to control their personal data and remove the strong content recommendation algorithm that the application adopts, which contributed greatly to its success.
In the context of a trade war with China, Trump announced earlier this month by 10% on the customs duties imposed on Chinese imports, raising their total rate to 20% since he took office.
China, by announcing the imposition of customs duties by 15% on a group of American agricultural products, including soybeans, pork and wheat.
China, the world’s largest steel producer, has vowed to take “all the necessary measures to protect its legitimate rights and interests” in response to customs duties imposed by the United States on its exports of steel and aluminum.
