# US TikTok Negotiations Stall With Solely a Month Left to Prepare a Deal

Checking in on the U.S. TikTok scenario, and with a month to go earlier than the platform’s 75-day negotiation window closes, issues don’t precisely look nice.

In keeping with a brand new report from Axios, there are at the moment no negotiations being undertaken to maintain the platform accessible within the U.S., as a result of the U.S. authorities hasn’t but appointed an official to steer the discussions.

As per Axios:

“There’s been some confusion as to who is definitely in command of Trump administration negotiations for the deal. Early expectations have been that it could be Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, given his function as chairman of CFIUS, however Vice President Vance appears to have taken the baton.”

The dearth of clear communication on this entrance has reportedly delayed any negotiations with potential U.S. consumers, who would allow TikTok to stay in operation in America underneath the necessities of the Defending Individuals from Overseas Adversary Managed Purposes Act. And with the prolonged deadline looming, that might make it troublesome for TikTok, and dad or mum firm ByteDance, to rearrange the required switch course of in time.

Although as Axios moreover notes, the timeframe itself might not matter:

“President Trump had no authorized authority to increase the U.S. ban by 75 days, so there is not any purpose to suppose he would not lengthen it out additional (and even indefinitely). There’s additionally a proposal from Sen. Markey (D-Mass.) to push again the deadine by one other 270 days, though it is caught in legislative limbo.”

On the identical time, there’s additionally ongoing dialogue associated to Trump’s U.S. sovereign wealth fund proposal, which Trump had seemingly advised might be utilized by the federal government to purchase a stake within the app itself.

Which sounds problematic for a spread of causes. However who is aware of? No person appears positive what’s going to occur with TikTok, or the way it would possibly come about, given the unorthodox strategy referring to the invoice underneath Trump up to now.

Technically, proper now, TikTok is banned within the U.S., with each firm that facilitates its operation going through potential fines on account of violating the accredited invoice.

That had been sufficient to spook Apple and Google, who refused to assist the app of their respective app shops, until final month, when U.S. Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi gave them written assurances that they’d not be punished underneath the legislation for doing so.

However proper now, as Axios notes, the legislation already bans TikTok, and the 75-day extension isn’t authorized both underneath the present legislation.

So possibly it’s dangerous that TikTok solely has a month left, or possibly it means not a lot.

We’ll quickly discover out, as the subsequent stage of the method shuffles on.