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TikTok's licensing plan shows app's role as bargaining chip in US-China trade talks

By MLex Staff ( September 17, 2025, 09:01 GMT | Comment) -- ByteDance may grant TikTok’s US operator a 10-year license to its recommendation algorithm, MLex has learned, as part of a framework to resolve the dispute over the app’s American operations. The proposal, along with enhanced Oracle-led oversight of US data security, underscores how TikTok has become a bargaining chip in wider US-China trade talks.With the TikTok dispute taking center stage during the US-China trade talks in Madrid, any resolution should be seen in the broader context of negotiations over tariffs, sanctions and economic ties....

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