Beijing was steeling itself for a first-week assault from Donald Trump. That hasn’t happened — yet — so Chinese leaders are making nice and hoping to cut a deal.

In his first few days back in office, President Trump is talking about TikTok entirely as a deal making exercise, dropping all of his previously expressed concerns about Chinese influence and American national security.

United States President Donald Trump is seemingly using TikTok, a popular social media platform owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, as a bargaining chip for Sino-US economic and trade relations, experts and market insiders said on Tuesday.

Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty and other investors have submitted a bid to buy TikTok from China-based ByteDance after a court-ordered divestiture or shutdown.

An early payoff has already been scored by TikTok, the video-sharing app that spent months currying favor with the then-candidate Trump in hopes that if he won the election, he would help it survive a threatened shutdown.

In a special episode of Left, Right and Centre broadcast live from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, American journalist Ben Smith discussed a wide range of issues, from US President Donald Trump's move to 'save' TikTok in the US to the war in Ukraine and Gaza.

TikTok if Elon Musk or others pursue a buyout. Speaking to Al-Arabiya TV during the World Economic Forum at Da

Good morning. Donald Trump downplays the national security risk from China spying on “young kids watching crazy videos.” Elon Musk and Sam Altman clash (again) over AI spending. And the maker of Jimi Hendrix’s favorite amp is changing hands.

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the U.S. will continue supplying Ukraine from its defense industrial base at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The US president has already declared a national emergency at the border, as he begins his crackdown on immigration.