09-23-2020, 12:39 PM
President Donald Trump approved the TikTok deal that Oracle and Chinese parent company ByteDance have been working on all week, steering the video-sharing platform clear from its scheduled ban set for September 20.
The US Department of Commerce had announced that both WeChat and TikTok would be prohibited from operating in the US, starting September 20. Though TikTok US operations appear to be saved for now, WeChat’s ban is still in effect.
Donald Trump approves Oracle-TikTok deal
The approval by President Trump came at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The new company that was birthed from the negotiations will be called TikTok Global and will be owned predominantly by American companies. Oracle is to take a 12.5% stake in TikTok Global, while Walmart will potentially own up to 7.5% of company shares.
On top of the fact that four of the five board chairmen will be American, TikTok Global has also agreed to invest $5 billion into creating a new educational fund, an agreement that Trump had said would satisfy his demands that the US government receive a payment from the Oracle-ByteDance deal. As shared by CNBC and Bloomberg, Trump said:
The US Department of Commerce had announced that both WeChat and TikTok would be prohibited from operating in the US, starting September 20. Though TikTok US operations appear to be saved for now, WeChat’s ban is still in effect.
Donald Trump approves Oracle-TikTok deal
The approval by President Trump came at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The new company that was birthed from the negotiations will be called TikTok Global and will be owned predominantly by American companies. Oracle is to take a 12.5% stake in TikTok Global, while Walmart will potentially own up to 7.5% of company shares.
On top of the fact that four of the five board chairmen will be American, TikTok Global has also agreed to invest $5 billion into creating a new educational fund, an agreement that Trump had said would satisfy his demands that the US government receive a payment from the Oracle-ByteDance deal. As shared by CNBC and Bloomberg, Trump said: