That’s What Xi Said: How Trump Officials Echo Chinese Jargon
Even ideas like taking a “golden share” of a company come from Beijing. Plus: MrBeast is building an empire.
TikTok will retain “Chinese characteristics,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
Photographer: Gabby Jones/BloombergThe White House provided more details today around how an American investor-owned version of TikTok would work, under a law requiring the divestiture of the social video app by its Chinese parent. It comes at a time when, as Christopher Beam writes, Trump administration officials have been, consciously or not, using phrases common to Chinese government counterparts. Plus: MrBeast enters mogul mode, one reason inflation numbers and economic vibes don’t match, business school deans talk about the speed of change and more.
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