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What Next: TBD | TikTok: Somehow Also Affected by the Tariffs
Published 11 months, 3 weeks ago
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TikTok was on the verge of being sold to a non-Chinese company when Trump rolled out his new tariff plans. Now everything is thrown into uncertainty and the company has until mid-June to find another buyer—or be banned in the United States.
Guest: Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times reporter covering TikTok, technology and emerging media companies.
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