Financial Times | TikTok Staff Prepare Legal Action against Trump’s Executive Order

Jason Waite appears on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” news program to discuss the merits of TikTok’s lawsuit against the U.S. following President Trump’s executive order threatening to prohibit U.S. dealings with ByteDance and its subsidiaries.

Jason Waite is quoted on how the TikTok lawsuit could end up curtailing the powers of the presidency to regulate economic transactions in a national emergency if it is successful.

Jason Waite comments on President Trump’s executive order blocking TikTok in the U.S. and the legal challenge that may ensue.

Jason Waite is quoted on the uncertainty facing businesses about how broad President Trump’s ban on doing business with TikTok and WeChat could ultimately be.

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