Trump requests the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the enforcement of the TikTok forced sale order
ChainCatcher news, according to Caixin, reporters learned on December 27 local time that U.S. President-elect Trump has requested the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the enforcement of the TikTok forced sale order. Trump stated that he hopes the court will give him time to resolve this dispute through political means after he officially takes office on January 20 next year.
On December 18 local time, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would discuss the bill to ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. again. According to reports, the U.S. Supreme Court will debate this case on January 10, allowing the court to make a ruling on the issue before the law takes effect on January 19.
The bill requires TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to divest TikTok, or else TikTok will be banned from operating in the U.S. ByteDance has made it clear that it will not sell the TikTok business.