U.S. and China sign off on TikTok deal
A year after a law that effectively banned TikTok from the U.S. went into effect, China and the U.S. have signed off on a deal, according to a White House official. Kelly O'Grady explains.
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A year after a law that effectively banned TikTok from the U.S. went into effect, China and the U.S. have signed off on a deal, according to a White House official. Kelly O'Grady explains.
ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, has signed a deal to sell its U.S. operations to a group of investors, including two American companies. Alexandra Levine, tech reporter for Bloomberg News, joins with more.
TikTok has agreed to sell its U.S. operations to a consortium of investors. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady joins to assess the potential implications.
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President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that paves the way for a deal brokered by his administration to keep TikTok operating in the U.S.
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President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that paves the way for a deal to allow TikTok to continue operating in the U.S. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady reports.
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