Vance expects a 'high-level' TikTok deal by the April 5 deadline
Vice President JD Vance expressed confidence Friday that a deal to sell TikTok and keep the social media app running in the U.S. would largely be in place by an April deadline.
Vice President JD Vance expressed confidence Friday that a deal to sell TikTok and keep the social media app running in the U.S. would largely be in place by an April deadline.
“There will almost certainly be a high-level agreement that I think satisfies our national security concerns, allows there to be a distinct American TikTok enterprise,” Vance, whom President Donald Trump has asked to help broker the deal, said in an interview with NBC News aboard Air Force Two.
TikTok’s fate in the U.S. has been in doubt since last year, after then-President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation that forces the app’s Chinese-based owner, ByteDance, to sell the app to a non-Chinese buyer or face a nationwide ban. Vance is working with national security adviser Michael Waltz to find a U.S.-based buyer.
Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office “instructing the Attorney General not to take any action to enforce” the ban for 75 days, effectively giving TikTok until April 5 to find a U.S. buyer. Speaking with reporters Sunday on Air Force One, Trump said he hoped a deal could be done soon and noted the administration was “dealing with four different groups” that he didn’t identify. He also has said he is open to an extension if a deal isn’t reached by the deadline.
ByteDance has not publicly confirmed negotiations with any potential U.S. buyer, nor has it confirmed its willingness to sell TikTok to a U.S. bidder
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