Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping to hold call about TikTok and the countries' trade war and early voting begins in Virginia

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to talk with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a push to finalize a deal to allow the popular social media app TikTok to keep operating in the U.S. The call Friday also may offer clues about whether the two leaders

President Trump said he "made progress" on the approval of a deal to resolve ownership of TikTok during a "very productive" conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Officials have been working on a deal to bring popular video app TikTok under U.S. ownership to avoid shutting it down in the United States.

President Donald Trump spent Friday morning speaking with Chinese President Xi about a variety of topics, including trade and the TikTok deal. Although, there appeared to be no further updates on those talks, Trump said he planned to meet Xi in South Korea next month.

The leaders of the world’s two biggest economies agreed to meet in person at an upcoming Asian summit at the end of October and make visits to each others’ countries as soon as 2026.

US President Donald Trump has said that his administration is working hard to end Russia's war in Ukraine and expressed hopes of engaging with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to bring it to a close. Source: Trump speaking to journalists in the Oval Office of the White House,

Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone conversation with his US counterpart Donald Trump Friday evening, discussing key issues such as trade, the war in Ukraine, and the fate of TikTok. The call was described as productive, with both leaders making progress on important issues, including trade agreements and the potential TikTok deal.