Two years after the US congress threatened to ban the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, Washington and Beijing say they have agreed a deal.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent emphasized that these discussions were just a step, with further negotiations scheduled to continue at a different location within a month. While the...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced an agreement between the U.S. and China to keep TikTok operating in the United States, with three sources familiar with the matter saying the deal was similar to one discussed earlier this year. The agreement requires TikTok's American assets to be transferred to U.S.…

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to speak Friday to finalize the TikTok deal.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump formally extended the deadline to keep the social media app TikTok available in the United States until Dec. 16, giving time to complete the framework of the deal announced Monday after talks between American and Chinese government officials.The executive order signed on Tuesday by Trump was the fourth time he has bypassed federal law to prolong the deadline for the China-associated TikTok to sell its assets to an American company or face a ban. The original deadline set by Congress was Jan. 19 of this year, a day before Trump took the oath of office for his second term.Trump was asked Tuesday about the framework deal he announced a day earlier and repeated that he would discuss TikTok with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday. He has said there are companies that want to buy the social media app owned by ByteDance and that details about its potential suitors would be announced soon.“I hate to see value like that thrown out the window,” Trump said as he departed the…

Just in the nick of time, assuming these TikTok deadlines actually matter.