Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Friday, Chinese state media and a U.S. official said, as they seek an agreement to help keep the video app TikTok online in the U.S. and ease tensions between two superpowers locked in a standoff over trade.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were engaged in a high-stakes phone call Friday morning to discuss the framework for an agreement to transfer TikTok’s American operations to a U.S. ownership group and avoid a ban mandated under a 2024 law that Trump has thus far declined to enforce.

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U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to talk with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday in a push to finalize a deal to allow the popular social media app TikTok to keep operating in the United States.

The deal would transfer TikTok's US assets to US owners from ByteDance, according to sources familiar with the deal.

Donald Trump on Friday, 19 September 2025, spoke with China's Xi Jinping to finalise TikTok's fate and discuss about the US-China trade. Here's what we know so

Every week, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, several tech companies were in focus amid the US-China geopolitical rivalry, and data on growth and unemployment were released.

The president signed an executive order​ Tuesday extending the pause on enforcing the law until at least Dec. 16.

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, raised concerns Wednesday about the ongoing reliance of a potential TikTok spinoff on an