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Donald Trump's TikTok ban leaves Apple, Google stuck in the middle

ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, may need more time to negotiate with suitors after new regulations from Beijing complicated the deal

President Donald Trump at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem
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President Donald Trump at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem

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It's looking increasingly likely that TikTok won’t be able to sell its US operations by the mid-September deadline imposed in an executive order issued by President Donald Trump last month.

That doesn’t mean the video app beloved by tens of millions of teens will go dark overnight.Trump on Thursday said he wouldn’t extend a Sept. 20 deadline for a deal. But ByteDance Ltd., TikTok’s Chinese owner, may need more time to negotiate with suitors after new regulations from Beijing complicated the deal.

The president has said if a deal isn’t done by the specified date then he’ll shut

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