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We move on to the most important
news of the day, and it'

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s that former U S Treasury Secretary
Steve New Ching said he' s forming

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a consortium to buy Tiktok. This
after the House of Representatives voted in favour

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of passing a bill prohibiting Tiktok from
operating in the country, forcing by Dance

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to sell its operations. The former
secretary appeared at CNBC on Thursday morning,

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where he commented that there is no
way the Chinese government would allow an American

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company to own such companies in China. In addition, he said this should

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be owned by American companies. For
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is heard.