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China Rebuffs Trump Offer Of Tariff Concessions If Beijing Agrees TikTok Deal

US President Donald Trump told journalists that he would extend the deadline for Bytedance to divest TikTok if a deal to sell the popular video snippet sharing app is not done in time (Credit: AFP)

China rebuffed on Thursday a suggestion from US President Donald Trump that he might offer to reduce tariffs on the country to get Beijing's approval for the sale of popular social media platform TikTok.

Trump said this month the United States was in talks with four groups interested in acquiring TikTok, with the app facing an uncertain future in the country.

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