China techTrump extends deadline for US TikTok sale to September
Move gives more time for China-based ByteDance to divest app's American assets
U.S. President Donald Trump had already twice granted a reprieve from federal enforcement of a law that mandated the sale or shutdown of TikTok that was supposed to take effect in January. © Reuters
June 20, 2025 01:38 JST
Updated on June 20, 2025 02:11 JST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday extended to September 17 a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short-video app TikTok despite a law that mandated a sale or shutdown without significant progress.