A deal will get done to ensure that TikTok remains available in the U.S., General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford told Axios during an event on Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland. Why it matters: General Atlantic is a major investor in TikTok's Chinese parent company,

It's becoming clear that everything may be up for negotiation with President Donald Trump. That might not be a bad thing for China. The U.S. leader warned the People's Republic could face tariffs of up to 100% if Beijing does not approve a sale of TikTok,

US President Donald Trump has stated that he is open to the idea of Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying up TikTok.

President Donald Trump temporarily halted a ban on TikTok in the US, granting the company and its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. more time to reach a deal for the popular app that would resolve long-standing US national security concerns.

Legal experts said despite Trump's order, service providers and app distributors such as Google and Apple still face major uncertainty and potential massive financial liability for defying a law that banned TikTok in the United States unless Chinese parent ByteDance divested the company by Jan.

While Trump gained praise from users for the reprieve, he faces long-time skeptics in his own Republican Party about what they see as the app’s ongoing national security threat.

TikTok emerged from the dark Sunday after President Donald Trump said he would delay a ban on the popular app. Last year, Congress approved a law later signed by former President Joe Biden that required ByteDance,