President Trump's style of negotiation with TikTok caused a chain of events that were likely avoidable and affected the lives of thousands of Americans for better or worse.
TikTok is just the latest example of another way the Trump administration can assert its leverage over China, which has limited or prohibited American companies from operating within its borders for many years.more than 100 million U.S. monthly active users
, is a threat to national security. TikTok collects a lot of information about U.S. users, including sign-up information and their activities on the service, and could share this information with the Chinese government. Trump used the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States -- his weapon of choice to thwart Chinese acquisitions and operations -- to force a sale of the company by Nov. 15,TikTok, which was majority owned by Chinese company ByteDance, claims it doesn't share data with the Chinese government. It has spent months in meetings with Trump administration officials pleading its case.
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