Tiktok to stay in the United States like Donald Trump says the agreement is made

An agreement was concluded between the United States and China to keep Tiktok in the United States, according to US President Donald Trump.

“We have an agreement on Tiktok, I concluded an agreement with China, I will speak to President XI on Friday to confirm everything,” Trump told journalists leaving the White House for a state visit to the United Kingdom.

The social media platform, led by the Chinese company bytedance, has been informed that it had to sell its American operations or risk being closed.

However, Trump has repeatedly delayed the ban since his announcement for the first time in January.

The American president said that a buyer will be announced soon.

CNBC said that the agreement would include a mixture of current and new investors, and would be completed in the next 30 to 45 days.

He also said that the American technological company Oracle would retain its existing agreement to host Tiktok services in the United States.

This had been one of the main concerns of the American legislators, who cited concerns about the data shared with China for national security reasons.

On Monday, an American commercial delegation said that it had concluded a “executive” agreement with China in the midst of wider commercial negotiations in Madrid.

China has confirmed a framework agreement, but said that no agreement would be concluded at the expense of their businesses.

After the talks, Wang Jingtao, deputy chief of the Chinese cyberspace administration, suggested during a press conference, the agreement included “granting licenses to algorithm and other intellectual property rights”.

He added: “The Chinese government, according to law, will examine and approve the relevant questions involving Tiktok, such as the export of technology as well as the use of intellectual property.”

After initially called for Tiktok’s ban during his first mandate, Trump reversed his position on the popular video sharing platform.

In January, the United States Supreme Court confirmed a law, adopted in April 2024, prohibiting application in the United States unless its Chinese parent company Bytedance sells its American arm.

The US Ministry of Justice said that due to its access to data on American users, Tiktok poses “a national security threat of immense depth and scale”.

However, Bytedance has resisted a sale, the maintenance of its American operations is completely distinct and says that no information is shared with the Chinese state.

Tiktok briefly became dark in January, but it lasted less than a day before the delay in the initial ban.

The deadline for sale has since been extended three times, and the last delay in the ban should end on September 17.