US to stop the clock on TikTok ban

美国将暂停对TikTok的禁令

World Business Report

2025-09-16

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As President Trump announces on social media that the US and China have reached a framework deal on the future ownership of Tiktok, presenter Sam Fenwick asks who might buy the social media platform? Also, the Pope calls out the widening pay gap between bosses like Elon Musk and other workers. And our reporter Hannah Mullane assesses the impact of artificial intelligence on graduate recruitment.
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  • Tick tock, tick tock, stop the clock.

  • Washington and Beijing agree to work together.

  • Getting to this framework was made possible by President Trump.

  • It was a deal that is fair for the Chinese and completely respects US national security concerns.

  • It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Sam Fenwick.

  • Donald Trump has taken to his own social network to announce that the US and China have reached a framework deal on TikTok.

  • But who's going to buy it?

  • And what does it mean for the US businesses that rely on it?

  • And the Pope takes aim at a runaway CEO pay,

  • singling out Elon Musk as a symbol of widening inequality.

  • So the Chinese and US trade officials have been meeting in Madrid.

  • And the big news is a framework agreement that will allow TikTok to keep operating in America.

  • The Chinese-owned social media platform had been facing legal uncertainty after Congress passed legislation last year,

  • forcing it to sell its U.S. operations or face a nationwide ban.

  • Well, our North America tech correspondent, Lily Jermali,