Trump says China would approve TikTok deal in '15 minutes' if he cut tariffs

President Donald Trump said China would approve a deal to sell TikTok to an American buyer "in 15 minutes" if he "gave a little cut in tariffs." 

Trump made the remark on Air Force One following a report from Reuters that the U.S. was close to making a deal with the Chinese-owned TikTok to spin off its U.S. operations into a new company owned by American investors, but the Chinese government wouldn’t agree to it, citing the Trump administration’s new tariffs. 

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