China’s new tech export regulations to hinder TikTok’s survival in US

China’s new export rules for technologies like artificial intelligence is likely to come in way of the survival of TikTok in the United States where it is struggling to continue its operations after an ultimatum by President Donald Trump to the company to stop operations in America.

South China Morning Post reported on Sunday that the new rules introduced by Beijing on several technologies including laser and drones will require Chinese companies to take government approval for their export, which could affect TikTok’s parent company ByteDance.

“ByteDance has a number of cutting-edge technologies in artificial intelligence and other fields, and some technologies may be covered by the adjusted list,” Cui Fan, a professor of international trade at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, told Xinhua on Saturday.