US President Trump expected to approve TikTok deal via executive order later this week: Report

US President Donald Trump is expected to approve a deal for TikTok through an executive order, declaring that it satisfies the requirements of law later this week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing a senior White House official.

This would cap months of US-China deliberations that underscored wider trade talks and solidify the timeline for a much-awaited deal to keep the popular short video app running in the US.

Trump has said that the United States and China have made progress on a deal requiring TikTok’s American assets to be…