WASHINGTON — President Trump claimed Friday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping “made progress” on a deal to keep TikTok available in the US — and announced that he will visit Beijing early next year.
“I just completed a very productive call with President Xi of China. We made progress on many very important issues including Trade, Fentanyl, the need to bring the War between Russia and Ukraine to an end, and the approval of the TikTok Deal,” Trump wrote on Truth Social following the morning call.
Trump, 79, also said that he and Xi, 72, agreed to meet at the APEC summit set for Oct. 31-Nov. 1 in South Korea and the Chinese leader would come to the US “at an appropriate time.”
“The call was a very good one, we will be speaking again by phone, appreciate the TikTok approval, and both look forward to meeting at APEC!” the president concluded.
Trump has delayed on four separate occasions the implementation of a law requiring TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to divest itself of the video-sharing app or face a ban in the US over national security concerns.
He told reporters Thursday in England that he sees “value” in TikTok, arguing it helped boost his standing among young voters in the 2024 election.
