President Trump said he would consider lowering tariff rates on China to close a deal with Beijing and ByteDance and avert a TikTok ban.

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he may lower China’s tariffs to secure Beijing’s support for selling TikTok’s US operations to an American company. Speaking from the Oval Office, the president made his remarks during an event where he also introduced a new 25% duty on automobile imports.

The popular video app, which could be banned in the United States next month if it is not sold to a non-Chinese owner, is portraying itself as a savior of Americans and a champion of small businesses in a new campaign.

The number of Americans who support banning TikTok has fallen dramatically over the past two years, according to a new poll. Just 34 percent of surveyed Americans said they support a TikTok ban, down from 50 percent in March 2023,