A year ago, a law that effectively banned TikTok in the U.S. went into effect, though President Trump has not enforced it.

TikTok has closed a deal that will allow the hugely popular short-video app to continue operating in the US, it announced on Thursday. The deal comes after a years-long tussle between Washington and Beijing that began in Trump's first term in the White House when he tried unsuccessfully to ban the app over national security concerns.

TikTok has dodged a ban and secured its long-term future in the US by announcing a deal on Friday that will see a joint venture take over US operations of the popular social video app. The deal marks the conclusion of a protracted battle over the app's continued presence in the US,

ByteDance has closed a deal to form TikTok U.S., a joint venture that will be majority-owned by American investors — finally bringing the popular video app into compliance with a U.S. law that went into effect last year.

TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. have closed a long-awaited deal to transfer parts of their US operations to American investors, securing the popular video app’s future in the US and avoiding a nationwide ban.

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the U.S. that has been in discussion for years.

TikTok has finalised a deal to allow its American business to continue, by creating a new US entity separate from its global operations, which are run out of China. Under the deal

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new U.S.-based version of its app, forming a joint venture with American investors to avoid a potential nationwide ban.