Just like Tiktok The sales deadline for April 5 is about to face another ban in the United States, Amazon According to reports New York Times.
“The parties involved in the speech don’t seem to take Amazon’s bid seriously,” the three people familiar with the matter said. The report added that the alleged bid arrived in the form of a letter to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
Neither Amazon nor Tiktok commented on the topic, although Amazon’s stock climbed 1.3% immediately after the news, Reuters.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with White House officials on Wednesday to discuss Tiktok’s future. The negotiations include a potential deal to bring together several U.S. investors, including Oracle and Blackstone, for official sales. New York TimesSources familiar with this matter.
Amazon is just the latest retailer to express formal interest in buying social media companies. Microsoft and Walmart bid for the company in 2020, when Bytedance was initially forced to sell Tiktok to U.S. owners.
