ByteDance gets 15-day extension from U.S. order to divest TikTok: company

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration granted ByteDance a 15-day extension of a divestiture order that had directed the Chinese company to sell the short video sharing app TikTok by Thursday, the company said in a court filing Friday.

TikTok said it now has until Nov. 27 to reach an agreement.

ByteDance has been in talks for a deal with Walmart Inc and Oracle Corp to shift TikTok’s U.S. assets into a new entity. The U.S Treasury did not immediately comment on Friday.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; editing by Jonathan Oatis)