White House reviewing TikTok proposal to lease algorithm from China (nhpr.org) 3 points by elfbargpt 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] steveBK123 1y ago ↗ This deal is dead. Why is China going to play ball now with the new tariff regime? They've already launched retaliatory tariffs this morning.Trump wants to tariff $800B of Chinese goods 54%, do you think Xi cares about a $50B TikTok deal by comparison, this is peanuts.He kills domestic industries on a whim, why does he care about the US branch of a social network? [–] eagleislandsong 1y ago ↗ > why does he care about the US branch of a social networkIndeed he doesn't, since ByteDance is primarily owned by non-Chinese institutions and individuals anyway.
[–] eagleislandsong 1y ago ↗ > why does he care about the US branch of a social networkIndeed he doesn't, since ByteDance is primarily owned by non-Chinese institutions and individuals anyway.
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 15.0 ms ] threadTrump wants to tariff $800B of Chinese goods 54%, do you think Xi cares about a $50B TikTok deal by comparison, this is peanuts.
He kills domestic industries on a whim, why does he care about the US branch of a social network?
Indeed he doesn't, since ByteDance is primarily owned by non-Chinese institutions and individuals anyway.