Dhaka, Sept. 18 -- President Donald Trump has once again extended the deadline to keep TikTok operational in the United States, pushing it back to December 16 to allow time for finalizing a framework deal reached with China.

The executive order, signed on Tuesday, marked the fourth time Trump has bypassed federal law to prolong the deadline for TikTok's China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell its U.S. assets or face a ban. Congress had initially set the deadline for January 19 this year, one day before Trump began his second presidential term.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trump reiterated that he would discuss the framework with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday. He also noted that several companies are interested in ac...