On July 7, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning presided over a regular press conference.
At the meeting, a foreign media reporter asked: President Trump recently stated that the U.S. will discuss the TikTok transaction with China this week. He said, "We have basically reached an agreement, and we think we may need to get approval from China." Can the Ministry of Foreign Affairs introduce the latest developments regarding this transaction?
Mao Ning responded that regarding the TikTok issue, the Chinese side has repeatedly clarified its principled position.
According to previous information, on June 19, Trump signed an executive order to extend the grace period for implementing the "sell or ban" law for TikTok by 90 days. According to the executive order, TikTok will continue to provide services to users in the U.S. until September 17 this year. This is the third time that Trump has granted a grace period for this law.
At that time, when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jia Kun was responding to a question from AFP journalist about whether President Trump would grant ByteDance a 90-day grace period to sell TikTok to American owners, he stated that regarding the TikTok issue, the Chinese side had already repeatedly clarified its principled position and would continue to handle related issues according to Chinese laws and regulations.
Earlier on January 21, Guo Jia Kun had stated that TikTok has been operating in the United States for many years and is deeply loved by American users, playing a positive role in promoting employment and boosting consumption in the U.S. We hope that the U.S. side will seriously listen to rational voices and provide an open, fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment for market entities from various countries to operate in the U.S. As for the operation and acquisition of enterprises, they should be decided autonomously by the enterprises according to market principles. If it involves Chinese enterprises, they should comply with Chinese laws and regulations.
U.S. media believe that with the extension continuing, the possibility of TikTok being banned in the U.S. in the short term is becoming smaller. Although the extension executive order has faced some scrutiny, it has never faced legal challenges.
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