WASHINGTON - TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance signed binding agreements to form a joint venture that will hand control of operations of TikTok's U.S. app to American and global investors, in a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban and ending years of uncertainty.The deal is a milestone for the short video app used regularly by more than 170 million Americans after years of battles that began in August 2020, when President Donald Trump first tried unsuccessfully to ban the app over U.S. national security concerns.The details of the deal are in line with those outlined in September, when Trump …READ FULL ARTICLE
