Trump hangs the possibility of a decrease in the customs tariff for China to make the sale of Tiktok happen

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will be ready to reduce the customs tariff to complete a deal with Chinese parents in Tiktok to sell the short video application used by 170 million Americans.

Pitayans A final date on April 5 To find a non -Chinese buyer of Tiktok or face an American ban for national security reasons that were supposed to have entered into January 2024 Law.

Trump said he was ready to extend the deadline if there is no agreement on the implementation of social media.

“With regard to Tiktok, China will have to play a role in this, perhaps in the form of approval, and perhaps, and I think they will do it. Maybe I will give them a little definitions or anything to accomplish,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday.

Tiktok did not comment immediately.

Obtaining China to agree to any deal to abandon control of the TIKTOK unit, which is worth tens of billions of dollars, has always been the largest point attached to ending any agreement. Trump used tariffs as a bargaining chip for TIKTOK negotiations in the past.

Earlier threatening definitions

On January 20, his first day in office warned that he could impose a tariff on China if Beijing fails to agree to an American deal with Tiktok. Earlier this month, Trump raised his additional definitions on all imports from China to 20 percent of 10 percent issued in February.

US Vice President JD Vance said he is expected to reach the general conditions of an agreement to solve the ownership of the social media platform by April 5.

The future of the application, which was used by nearly half of all Americans in the air since last year’s law was approved with the support of the overwhelming parties that require Betitans to strip Tijk by January 19.

The application Gold for a period of darkness In January after the US Supreme Court supported the ban, but returned to life days after Trump took office. Trump soon issued an executive order to postpone law enforcement until April 5 and said last month that he could extend this deadline to give himself time to take care of a deal.

The White House participated in an unprecedented level in the talks that were closely monitored, as it actively plays the role of the investment bank.