PALO ALTO, U.S. -- An American president who refuses to extend the deadline for the sale or banning of TikTok, and a China restricting exports of the artificial intelligence that helps make the short-video app popular: these are poor signs that the two sides will bridge their differences and keep the world from splitting into two technological camps.
ByteDance, TikTok's Beijing-based owner, has until midmonth to find a buyer or be banned from America. And U.S. President Donald Trump is not budging.
