TikTok Deal: US Government Seeks Billions
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* Trump’s Deal with Chip Companies: Donald Trump reportedly brokered an agreement with Nvidia and AMD where they will pay 15% of their chip sales revenue in China to the US government in exchange for export licenses.
* High Rate Concerns: This 15% rate is significantly higher than typical investment bank fees (under 1%) and is unusual for national security approvals or export licenses. Some experts even consider it possibly illegal.
* TikTok Deal & potential Revenue: Trump is also pursuing a deal with TikTok,potentially involving the US government receiving billions of dollars as part of the agreement. He justified this with the size of the government’s effort.
* TikTok Structure Agreement: US Treasury Secretary scott Bessent and Chinese deputy HE Lifeng reached an agreement on the structure to separate tiktok operations from Bytedance. Details are still unreleased.
* Expanding Government Influence: Trump is showing a pattern of seeking increased influence over the private sector, which is causing concern among some Republicans. The “golden action” in the US Steel acquisition by Nippon Steel is cited as an example.
* Other News: The text also includes brief mentions of TikTok notifying parents about teen content and an AI avatar of someone advertising supplements on TikTok.