Trump signals flexibility, proposing tariff reductions on Chinese goods to facilitate a TikTok deal, prioritizing economic stability over abrupt bans while keeping national security in focus. Originally set for January 19, the TikTok divestment deadline was extended to April 5, with Trump open to further extensions if negotiations progress—contrasting earlier hardline stances from his administration. The Chinese firm aggressively circumvents U.S. chip bans, leasing 36,000 Nvidia Blackwell AI chips via Singapore-based Aolani Cloud ($2.5B deal) to compete with OpenAI and Google in the global AI arms race. TikTok’s U.S. ownership remains contentious amid bipartisan concerns over Chinese surveillance, while ByteDance’s offshore AI deals…

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