U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on July 24 that if China does not accept a deal from the U.S. to sell the app, ...

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President Trump is expected to talk with Chinese officials this week about a possible TikTok deal. Here's what we know.

It was inevitable that American companies would eventually reap the bitter fruits of protectionist activity within the U.S.

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China has long implemented a so-called “Great Firewall” that bans US-owned social media apps like Facebook, Instagram and X. TikTok itself is unavailable in China.

For users outside China, they created TikTok in 2017. To ensure its place in global markets, ByteDance didn't simply take the Douyin app and reconfigure it for the 40 languages it now supports.

Like TikTok, it's a short-form video app. Launched in 2016, Douyin was the major money spinner for ByteDance years before TikTok, raking in revenue through in-app tipping and livestreaming.