US Govt & Microsoft Seek TikTok Takeover Amid New Cold War on China

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 8 p.m.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ian Goodrum, Senior Editor of China Daily, to discuss attempts by the US government to either ban or acquire popular social media platform TikTok, other recent escalations by the Trump administration, and what the apparent joint effort by Microsoft and the US government to acquire TikTok's parent company may portend for the future of international trade.