{"id":42758,"date":"2025-03-15T21:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T21:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/us-likely-to-finalize-tiktok-deal-by-april-vice-president"},"modified":"2025-03-17T07:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T07:15:53","slug":"us-likely-to-finalize-tiktok-deal-by-april-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/us-likely-to-finalize-tiktok-deal-by-april-vice-president","title":{"rendered":"US likely to finalize TikTok deal by April: Vice president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>US Vice President J.D. Vance on Friday expressed confidence that a deal to sell TikTok and ensure its continued operation in the country will be mostly finalized by the April deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere 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,\u201d Vance said in an interview with NBC News aboard Air Force Two.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTypically, some of these deals that are much smaller and involve much less capital take months to close,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to close this thing by early April. I think that the outlines of this thing will be very clear. The question is whether we can get all the paper done,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok\u2019s future in the US has been uncertain since last year when then-President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation requiring its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the platform to a non-Chinese buyer or face a nationwide ban.<\/p>\n<p>Vance is working with national security adviser Michael Waltz to secure a US-based buyer.<\/p>\n<p>On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the attorney general not to enforce the ban for 75 days, effectively giving TikTok until April 5 to finalize a sale.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters Sunday aboard Air Force One, Trump expressed optimism that a deal could be reached soon, saying the administration was \u201cdealing with four different groups,\u201d though he did not name them.<\/p>\n<p>He also indicated he was open to an extension if an agreement was not completed by the deadline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Eritrea<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. US Vice President J.D. 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