The President Donald Trump He announced on Friday an next meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinpingafter a telephone conversation between them, in which, according to the American leader, there were “advances” about the future of the Tiktok social network.
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XI For his part, he asked Trump to dispute the property of Tiktok In the United States it is resolved through the “market rules”, according to the version of the call that Beijing communicated.
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The conversation was “very productive” and there was talk of commerce, war in Ukraine and Fentanyl traffic, the drug that plagues the United States, Trump explained through its social truth network.
Both leaders will meet in the Asia and Pacific countries summit (APEC) in South Korea at the end of October and Trump will travel to China in early next year.
“President XI will also come to the United States at the right time”added the tenant of the White House.
XI for his part, he reaffirmed that the call was “positive” and constructive. “But he said that “Avoid taking unilateral trade restriction measures so as not to jeopardize the advances achieved in different negotiation cycles”they reported the CCTV television and the Xinhua news agency.
Trump later affirmed in an act in the Oval Office that XI “approved” the agreement during the telephone dialogue, but then added: “We have to sign it.” China did not confirm any agreement.
The call between them was the second since Trump’s assumption in January, but the third so far this year.
On June 5, the Republican tycoon said that Xi had invited him to go to China, and he also proposed a similar invitation for his Chinese couple to visit the United States.
Agreement on Tiktok
Trump postponed the prohibition of the platform in the United States on Tuesday.
According to a law adopted during the government of Joe Biden, Tiktok cannot operate in the country for reasons of national security, unless the Chinese parent company Bytedance gives the control to Americans.
Trump’s plans are that in the United States Tiktok becomes “owned by all US investors, and very rich people and companies.”
Trump was critical of Tiktok initially, but during the 2024 presidential elections he discovered his drag power in youth.
“We are going to have a very, very strict control”Trump said. “Tiktok has tremendous value, frankly, I did very well with him”. explained.
In an early statement on Saturday, Bytedance thanked Xi and Trump “for his concern about Tiktok.”
“Bytedance will advance with the relevant work in accordance with Chinese law, ensuring that Tiktok continues to serve its wide base of US users,” The company said.
According to The Wall Street Journal, a consortium could be formed to control Tiktok, which would include the Oracle technological giant and two California investment funds, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz.
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The commercial difference between the two countries is more complex, and the negotiating teams have been exchanging proposals for months.
At the beginning of the year, the two largest economies in the world drastically increased reciprocal tariffs, in a dispute that interrupted global supply chains.
Both then reached an agreement to reduce taxes, which expires in November, with 30% tariffs on the importation of Chinese goods in the United States and 10% to imported American products in China.
This telephone conversation also occurred after XI organized a regional summit at the beginning of September with the leaders of Russia and India, and invited the North Korean leader Kim Jong one to an important military parade in Beijing, some events harshly criticized by Trump.
“Please, transmit my warmer greetings to [presidente ruso] Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong a while conspiring against the United States of America ”then indicated the Republican Magnate to XI in a message posted on his social truth platform.
