Bessent: Trump's willingness to let TikTok go dark motivated China to make deal
CNBC Televisionยท2025-09-16 13:29
Uh the Chinese came in as they typically do with a long list of ask uh dating back all all the way to President Trump's administration. A lot of grievances with what the Biden administration had done. Uh and I will tell you what turned the tide was a call that Ambassador Greer and I had with President Trump the night after the first day of negotiations.And President Trump made it clear that he would have been willing to let Tik Tok go dark, that we were not going to give up national security uh in favor of ...