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TikTok’s bizarre sale process gets even weirder

ANYONE WANT to buy a used social network? One careful Chinese owner, 170m users in America and revenue there of $12bn last year, predicted to rise this year by a fifth. The White House is running a chaotic auction for TikTok, a Chinese-owned app that Congress has ordered to find a non-Chinese owner or else face a ban. On April 4th, on the eve of the cut-off for the app’s sale, President Donald Trump announced that he was extending the deadline by another 75 days.

Tariffs will drive up the cost of airplanes, the United States’ star export

Ted Cruz and Other Senate Republicans Question Trump’s Tariffs