President Donald Trump said on April 3 that he would potentially consider an agreement where China agrees to approve the sale of social media platform TikTok from its parent company ByteDance in return for relief from the tariffs he recently imposed on the nation’s imports.
The president made his comments while speaking with reporters in front of Air Force One, saying the TikTok sale is an example of how he could use tariffs as negotiation tactics with other nations.
“You have a situation with TikTok where China will probably say: ‘We’ll approve a deal, but will you do something on the tariffs?'” Trump said. “We could use tariffs in order to get something in return.”...
