- Title: China's foreign ministry says its positions on TikTok and tariffs are consistent
- Date: 27th March 2025
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (MARCH 27, 2025) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON GUO JIAKUN WALKING INTO CONFERENCE ROOM JOURNALISTS SEATED NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON, GUO JIAKUN, SAYING: "China has made clear its position on the issue of TikTok many times, and its opposition to additional tariffs is also consist
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- Keywords: Beijing China Donald Trump Foreign Affairs Guo Jiakun Ministry Spokesperson USA Washington White House
- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- City: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics,International Trade
- Reuters ID: LVA001204327032025RP1
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- Story Text: China's foreign ministry said on Thursday (March 27) that China has made clear its position on the issue of TikTok many times. "Its opposition to additional tariffs is also consistent and clear", China's foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun added, during a regular news conference.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs on China to get a deal done with TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the short video app used by 170 million Americans.
ByteDance has an April 5 deadline to find a non-Chinese buyer for TikTok or face a U.S. ban on national security grounds that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law.
The law is the result of concern in Washington that TikTok's ownership by ByteDance makes it beholden to the Chinese government and that Beijing could use the app to conduct influence operations against the United States and collect data on Americans.
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