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Trump’s tariffs scramble TikTok deal

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What happened: On April 4, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order giving his administration another 75 days to secure a TikTok deal.

He originally aimed to finalize a deal by April 5.

And it sounds like he almost did: According to reports in English-language media, ByteDance and the T...