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Sale of TikTok’s US Assets May Get Boost After Trump-Xi Call

Trump said on Truth Social on Friday that he appreciated ‘the approval of the TikTok Deal’ from Xi, while Xi’s statement did not mention an approval.
President Xi Jinping.
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on Friday about a potential TikTok deal. (Shutterstock)

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s progress on a TikTok deal this week could help bolster talks to allow parent ByteDance to divest the US assets of the short video app, experts said.

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