Finding a Buyer for TikTok May Not Be So Easy
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Finding a Buyer for TikTok May Not Be So Easy

The Biden administration is pushing TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell the app or face a possible ban. But there are many complications to finding a suitor.
Toxic Chemical Rules Pose Test for Biden
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Toxic Chemical Rules Pose Test for Biden

Key industries — including some that the White House is backing through other policies — are lobbying to water down the first major new rules in a generation on chemicals that pose risks to humans.
TikTok Pushed by U.S. to Resolve National Security Concerns
Posted inBeijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd Biden, Joseph R Jr Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Computers and the Internet Foreign Investments Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Mobile Applications Social Media TikTok (ByteDance) United States Politics and Government

TikTok Pushed by U.S. to Resolve National Security Concerns

The demand hardens the White House’s stance toward the popular video app, which is owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance.