A deal had been in the works this spring that would spin off TikTok’s U.S. operations into a new U.S.-based firm, majority-owned and operated by

TikTok will go dark in the U.S unless China agrees to a deal that giving U.S. owners majority control over the video app, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.

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