Overview

• Chinese state media said Xi Jinping urged the United States to avoid unilateral restrictive trade measures during the call.
• Negotiators are discussing a framework to transfer TikTok’s U.S. assets to American owners, with key questions over algorithm control and congressional acceptance still unresolved.
• The White House extended TikTok’s compliance deadline to December 16 to allow negotiations on ownership and safeguards to continue.
• Trump posted that the leaders agreed to meet at the APEC summit and thanked Xi for TikTok “approval,” a claim not confirmed by Beijing.
• Reporting says Trump declined to approve roughly $400 million in Taiwan military aid, including munitions and autonomous drones, a reversible decision that has drawn close attention in Taipei.