{"id":2858,"date":"2025-09-21T03:35:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T03:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/why-is-a-deal-with-china-on-tiktoks-us-assets-so-important-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T03:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T03:35:36","slug":"why-is-a-deal-with-china-on-tiktoks-us-assets-so-important-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/why-is-a-deal-with-china-on-tiktoks-us-assets-so-important-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is a deal with China on TikTok\u2019s US assets so important to Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump says an agreement is on the way.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Millions of TikTok users in the United States will be relieved to hear President Donald Trump say that China had agreed to approve a deal on the future of the social media platform in the US.<\/p>\n<p>With US politicians worried that TikTok poses a national security threat and spreads propaganda, Congress passed a bill last year that banned the short video app unless its Chinese owner, ByteDance, sold its US business.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/quotable\/2025\/9\/19\/us-china-tiktok-deal-could-see-boosting-of-pro-trump\">US-China TikTok deal could see boosting of \u201cpro-Trump content\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/18\/us-right-shifts-tone-on-social-media-censorship-after-charlie-kirks-murder\">US right shifts tone on social media censorship after Charlie Kirk\u2019s murder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/18\/who-was-celeste-rivas-the-missing-teen-found-dead-in-singer-d4vds-tesla\">Who was Celeste Rivas, the missing teen found dead in singer d4vd\u2019s Tesla?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>But Trump had extended the deadline by which ByteDance was to divest from the platform or face the promised ban, and even went so far as to raise the matter with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a call on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>So, why does a deal on this app matter so much to Trump?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Tom McRae<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Richard Weitz \u2013 senior non-resident associate fellow at the NATO Defense College<\/p>\n<p>Einar Tangen \u2013 senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation<\/p>\n<p>Maria Curi \u2013 technology policy reporter for Axios, focusing on government oversight of social media platforms<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump says an agreement is on the way. 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