"Steven Mnuchin Assembles Investor Group to Acquire TikTok Amid U.S.-China Tensions"
TL;DR
Former US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin is assembling an investor group to purchase TikTok, following the US House of Representatives passing a bill giving the app's Chinese owner, ByteDance, about six months to divest its US assets or face a ban. Mnuchin expressed support for the legislation and the sale of TikTok, calling it a "great business," while TikTok's CEO stated the company will use legal means to prevent a ban.
- Steven Mnuchin putting together investor group to buy TikTok The Guardian US
- Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is interested in buying TikTok CNN
- The U.S. wants ByteDance to sell TikTok. China is almost certainly going to refuse CNBC
- House passes TikTok ban bill, but its Senate path unclear The Associated Press
- Steven Mnuchin Says He Is Putting Together a Group to Buy TikTok The Wall Street Journal
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