The extension comes as President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sept. 19.
The TikTok building in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Sept. 16 that extends the deadline for Beijing-based ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok’s U.S. assets or face a potential nationwide ban.
The new deadline is set for Dec. 16, 2025. This was the fourth time Trump has delayed enforcement of a law that Congress passed in 2024 requiring ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok’s U.S. operations by January 2025 because of national security concerns.
Aldgra Fredly is a freelance writer covering U.S. and Asia Pacific news for The Epoch Times.
