Trump Extends TikTok Deadline for Another 75 Days

President Donald Trump on April 4 extended by 75 days the deadline by which TikTok must divest from its Beijing-based parent company or face a ban in the United States. Trump made the announcement in a Friday post on his social media platform Truth Social. “My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we have made tremendous progress,” Trump wrote. “The Deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed, which is why I am signing an Executive Order to keep TikTok up and running for an additional 75 days.” The president said he would continue working in “good faith” with China, which has responded to his 54 percent total tariff on its imports into the United States with retaliatory 34 percent tariffs on all U.S. goods imported into China....