Trump says he will speak to Xi on TikTok
發佈日期: 2025-09-19 20:23
TVB News
Businesses in the region are awaiting a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping later today, during which they are expected to discuss tariffs and formally strike a deal on TikTok.
Donald Trump, who flew back to Washington after concluding his UK trip, is seeking to close in on a deal to allow video-sharing platform TikTok to keep operating in the United States.
He said he will speak to President Xi Jinping soon in hopes to finalise the app's fate and make progress on trade talks, although the Chinese Embassy in Washington has yet to confirm the call.
The two leaders last talked in June to defuse tensions over export restrictions of rare earths.
Trump said: "So, what we're doing - and we're speaking to President Xi on Friday to see if we can finalise something on TikTok, because there is tremendous value - and I hate to give away value, but I like TikTok. We are getting - the United States is getting a tremendous fee plus. I call it a fee plus for just making the deal. And I don't want to throw that out of the window."
Trump noted he personally uses the app "very legitimately," after extending the deadline for TikTok to wrest its U.S. assets from ByteDance to December 16th.
He said: "We may do an extension with China, but it's an extension based on the same terms that we have right now, which are pretty good terms."
He further hinted that TikTok will be owned by "all American owners."
A consensus hammered out by Chinese and U.S. negotiators in Madrid, Spain earlier this week is still under discussion.
While the details of the framework agreement taking shape are sparse, Chinese officials reportedly called the deal to switch TikTok to U.S.-controlled ownership as "win-win."
They have pledged to review matters related to the company's technology exports and intellectual property licensing, including the algorithm, which is Beijing's main sticking point.
Reports say the company's U.S. operations could be bought by a consortium that includes cloud computing company Oracle, as well as investment firms Andreessen Horowitz and Silver Lake.
