There is an agreement. After months of tensions, between temporary ban and executive orders to decide the fate of Tiktok, the United States and China have found a way to save the app. On September 15, 2025, during the commercial negotiations in progress in Madrid, the United States Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessenthas announced a “framework agreement” regarding the future of Tiktok. “It is an agreement between two private parties, but the commercial terms have been agreed,” he added.
The agreement establishes that Bytedance, the Chinese company owned by Tiktok, will transfer control of operations American to US subjects, with the aim of guaranteeing data security and avoiding any prohibition of the app in the United States. The great fear, in fact, was that Tiktok was A contemporary slut horse to conquer the West. The only way to avoid the risk, therefore, could only be in the belly of the same horse assuming the control of strategic operations on the American market.
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THE’agreement was reached after a series of meetings between US and Chinese officialsincluding the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the Deputy Chinese Prime Minister He lifeng. The agreement comes a few days after Descase of 17 Septemberterm within which Bytedance He had to give in to the American operations of Tiktok or face the app in the United States.
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On Truth SocialTrump wrote: “The great commercial meeting in Europe between the United States of America and China has gone very well! It will end shortly. An agreement has also been reached on a certain company that the young people of our country wished strongly to save. They will be very happy! I will talk to the President XI Friday”.
Citing the president, Besent He added: “Trump played a role in all this, we had a call with him last night, we received specific indications from him and we shared them with our Chinese counterparties. Without his leadership and the lever he provides, we would not have been able to include the agreement today”.
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Tiktok in the sights of the United States: national security and future of the app
For years Tiktok is under observation in the United States. The main charge concerns the risk of espionage on users, but the greatest concern is not so much data collection – a behavior common to many social networks such as Facebook And Instagram – how much the possibility that this information is used by Chinese government To “undermine democratic institutions, encourage internet dependence among young people, spying on and influencing users”.
With theAgreement during the finalizationTiktok could Avoid ban in the United Statescontinuing to operate in the American market, which counts beyond 170 million users. However, the details on the US subjects who will acquire the control of Tiktok operations in the country.
“We were very concentrated on Tiktok and we wanted to make sure it was a fair agreement for the Chinese and that he fully respects the concerns about the United States National Securityand this is precisely what we have achieved, “said Scott Beesent.” And of course, we want to guarantee the Chinese a Food and solidarity environment in the United Statesbut always that national security of the United States will come first “.
