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China sidesteps question on TikTok after Trump says close to deal

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China’s government on Monday sidestepped a question on U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent claim that he “pretty much” has a deal with Beijing to bring TikTok into American ownership and that talks with China over the popular short-video app could begin early this week.

TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance is under pressure to spin off the short-video app’s U.S. operations by Sept. 17 or face a ban in the United States. Last year, then President Joe Biden signed a sale-or-ban law, requiring ByteDance to divest the app to an American owner over national security concerns. Despite an original January deadline, Trump has repeatedly delayed enforcement of the law.

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