Agreement on TikTok's operations in US may be reached by April 5 - Vance
JD Vance (photo: Getty Images)
US Vice President JD Vance stated that an agreement allowing TikTok to continue operating in the US is almost certainly going to be reached. According to him, this will happen by April 5, the deadline for the sale, reports CNN.
"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 said in an interview with NBC News.
He emphasized that the US would like to do this without extending" the deadline for the sale. The vice president also expressed optimism that a moment will come when "we can say that TikTok is operating, and it operates in a way that protects the privacy of Americans' data and America's national security.
CNN reminds that last month, US President Donald Trump tasked Vance and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz with overseeing the potential deal concerning TikTok.
What preceded this
Former US President Joe Biden passed a law last year requiring TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app to a US-based owner. However, this was not done, and as a result, the social media platform was blocked in the US on February 19. Soon after taking office, Trump extended the deadline for the sale by 75 days, hoping to help secure a deal.
Several well-known candidates emerged as potential buyers for the platform’s US operations, including a group led by billionaire and former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and prominent Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary. However, ByteDance and the Chinese government have not given any public indication that they would agree to such a deal.
Earlier, RBC-Ukraine reported that Trump stated he would "likely" extend TikTok’s deadline if a deal is not reached by April 5.
