Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain

The order prohibits any person or entity subject to U.S. jurisdiction from engaging in any transaction with ByteDance Ltd. or its subsidiaries in which ByteDance has any interest, effective 45 days after signing. The Secretary of Commerce is directed to identify the specific covered transactions within that 45-day window and is authorized to adopt rules, regulations, and other measures using all powers granted under IEEPA to implement the prohibition. All federal departments and agencies are also directed to take appropriate measures within their own authority to implement the order.

The prohibition does not apply where statutes, regulations, orders, directives, or licenses issued under the order provide an exception. Existing contracts and licenses offer no shield — the prohibition applies notwithstanding any contract or permit entered before the order's date. The order expressly creates no private right or benefit enforceable against the United States.

Any U.S. person — including citizens, permanent residents, U.S.-organized entities, and anyone physically in the United States — who transacts with ByteDance Ltd. or its subsidiaries, including advertisers, app-store operators, payment processors, and the roughly 175 million Americans who use TikTok.

Ordinary users, businesses, and developers who rely on TikTok for commerce, advertising, or content face a hard cutoff on all financial and commercial dealings with ByteDance. App stores distributing TikTok and companies buying advertising on the platform would also be swept into the prohibition.

The prohibition is not self-enforcing at signing: it activates 45 days out, and the Secretary of Commerce must publish the list of covered transactions before that deadline. The Secretary also holds broad IEEPA authority to issue licenses creating case-by-case exemptions. Enforcement teeth come from IEEPA's civil and criminal penalty provisions. The order contains a standard severability-like general-provisions clause preserving other agency authorities, and implementation is subject to appropriations availability.