China would have agreed TikTok deal if not for US tariffs: Trump

On Sunday, US President Donald Trump stated that China would have agreed to a TikTok deal if not for the tariffs imposed by Washington on Beijing the previous week.

According to Trump, "The report is that we had a deal—well, not exactly a deal, but it was pretty close for TikTok.

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Then China altered the terms due to the tariffs. If I reduced the tariffs a bit, they'd approve the deal in 15 minutes. That shows the power of tariffs," Trump told reporters while on Air Force One.