TikTok app unavailable on Apple, Google stores in US despite Trump delaying ban

(Reuters) -TikTok remained unavailable connected Apple (NASDAQ:) and Google (NASDAQ:) app stores successful the U.S. connected Tuesday, a time aft President Donald Trump signed an enforcement bid delaying the enforcement of a prohibition connected the fashionable Chinese-owned short-video app by 75 days.

The bid came amid increasing doubts connected the aboriginal of the app that went acheronian connected Saturday, soon earlier a instrumentality that cited nationalist information to accidental the Chinese proprietor ByteDance should merchantability it oregon look a prohibition successful the U.S. came into effect connected Sunday.

Although TikTok resumed work aft Trump's assurances that the institution and its partners would not look hefty fines to support the app running, it was yet to instrumentality to the app stores.

The delay, analysts doubted, whitethorn beryllium due to the fact that Google and Apple are awaiting further protections earlier bypassing the prohibition that punishes the companies for hosting oregon distributing the app.

Apple's App Store said, "TikTok and different ByteDance apps are not disposable successful the state oregon portion you're in", portion Google Play showed, "Downloads for this app are paused owed to existent U.S. ineligible requirements".

Google, Apple and TikTok did not respond to requests for comment.

Meanwhile, erstwhile U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC helium had paused his bid for TikTok arsenic China was unwilling to negotiate, but volition beryllium "very interested" successful investing.

"The thought would beryllium to transportation each exertion truthful it nary longer engages with ByteDance going forward," Mnuchin said.

Mnuchin described TikTok arsenic a "terrific business" and said helium and his partners had plans to rebuild its technology.

Bill Ford (NYSE:), CEO of TikTok capitalist General Atlantic, besides told CNBC determination were ways to alteration TikTok's U.S. ownership that bash not needfully impact its merchantability and that the app's genitor institution was already 60% by non-Chinese shareholders.

Mnuchin and Ford did not instantly respond to Reuters' requests for comment.

ByteDance is astir 60% owned by organization investors specified arsenic BlackRock (NYSE:) and General Atlantic, portion its founders and employees ain 20% each.