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White House Outlines U.S.-Led TikTok Plan After Trump–Xi Call

Beijing has not confirmed approval, with negotiators now facing a December 16 deadline to finalize algorithm control and data safeguards.

FILE - President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Foto de archivo de Donald Trump y Xi Jinping durante un encuentro celebrado en 2018 en Argentina.01/12/2018 BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 1, 2018. President Xi attended a working dinner with President Trump in Buenos Aires. POLITICA Europa Press/Contacto/Li Xueren
Los presidentes Xi Jinping y Donald Trump mantuvieron un diálogo telefónico este viernes.
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. flag and the TikTok logo seen through broken glass are seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Overview

  • Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump held a September 19 call that both sides described as positive, according to official readouts.
  • Trump said Xi approved the TikTok agreement and announced a planned meeting at the APEC summit in South Korea, but Chinese state media did not confirm an approval or the meeting.
  • The White House said the emerging arrangement would install a U.S.-majority board for TikTok’s U.S. operations, with Oracle supervising data confidentiality and oversight of the recommendation algorithm.
  • A 2024 U.S. law requires ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. operations or face a ban, and Trump has extended the compliance deadline to December 16.
  • Key terms remain under negotiation, notably who controls, maintains and updates the algorithm and the precise governance structure, with reports pointing to a U.S. investor group including Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz.