Published: 7:14pm, 22 Sep 2025Updated: 8:22pm, 22 Sep 2025
US President Donald Trump is expected to approve a deal for TikTok through an executive order, declaring that it satisfies the requirements of law later this week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing a senior White House official.
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This would cap months of US-China deliberations that underscored wider trade talks and solidify the timeline for a much-awaited deal to keep the popular short video app running in the US.
Trump has said that the United States and China have made progress on a deal requiring TikTok’s American assets to be transferred to US owners from China’s ByteDance.
A deal would stipulate that the TikTok algorithm is secured and operated in the US, with ByteDance choosing one of seven board members for the new entity, with Americans holding the six other seats, Reuters reported, citing a White House official.
TikTok and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Trump had said on Sunday that media mogul Lachlan Murdoch and business leaders Larry Ellison and Michael Dell would be involved as US investors in a proposed deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States.