Trump says Oracle close to TikTok deal as ByteDance aims for majority ownership | Malay Mail

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WASHINGTON, Sept 16 — President Donald Trump said yesterday he had heard Oracle Corp was very close to a deal over ByteDance's TikTok, even as sources said the Chinese company was seeking to keep majority ownership of the popular short video app. Trump has ordered ByteDance to divest TikTok amid...

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Under ByteDance's proposal, however, the Beijing-based company would keep a majority stake in TikTok's global business and create headquarters for TikTok in the United States, the sources said. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that ByteDance has also offered to create 20,000 US jobs with TikTok.

Mnuchin, who chairs CFIUS, and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross were meeting at the White House yesterday to consider ByteDance's proposal, two of the sources said. In its lawsuit against Trump's previous executive order, dated August 6, which calls on TikTok to be banned, the app said CFIUS had not identified any mitigation measures that would address the national security risks, despite TikTok proposing to bring in “trusted US technology partners,” as it has now branded Oracle.

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