DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump said Wednesday he may reduce tariffs on China to help facilitate the forced sale of TikTok just days ahead of the app’s looming U.S. ban deadline.
The Chinese-owned platform, used by some 170 million Americans, faces an April 5 shutdown unless Beijing greenlights a sale to a U.S. buyer. Trump said he’s willing to extend that deadline and hinted that tariff relief could be offered in exchange for China’s cooperation.
“Maybe I’ll give them a little reduction in tariffs, or something, to get it done,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “You know, because every point in tariff is worth more money than TikTok, if you think … In order to get China to do [it], maybe I’d give them a reduction in tariffs as an example. Sounds like something I would do.”
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