Republican senators back plan to sell TikTok's U.S. operations


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  • Monday, 03 Aug 2020

FILE PHOTO: US Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on "COVID-19 and Beyond: Oversight of the FDA's Foreign Drug Manufacturing Inspection Process" at the US Capitol in Washington, U.S., June 2, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Republican senators back a plan by China's ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular short-video app.

Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Twitter on Sunday that divestment "and purchase by U.S. company is win-win."

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