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Xi and Trump Hold Call on TikTok Framework and Tariffs

Negotiators produced a basic Madrid framework that now requires presidential approval.

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
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)
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
Logo de TikTok con banderas estadounidenses y chinas de fondo.

Overview

  • China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump began their phone call on Friday with TikTok and tariff issues on the agenda.
  • The discussion follows a fourth negotiating round in Madrid that produced a “basic framework” for TikTok’s U.S. operations awaiting ratification by both leaders.
  • Trump extended the deadline by executive order to December 16 for ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. business or face a ban.
  • Unresolved issues include control and upkeep of TikTok’s recommendation algorithm and the governance and storage of U.S. user data.
  • Other technology disputes are unfolding in parallel, including Chinese accusations against Nvidia over its Mellanox acquisition and Huawei’s announced plans for new AI processors.