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Trump-Xi phone call news: US President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at a regional summit to take place at the end of October in South Korea and that he would visit China in the “early part of next year,” following a phone call the leaders shared on Friday.

In a Truth Social post, Trump also said the Chinese leader would come to the United states “at an appropriate time,” noting the leaders also approved a TikTok deal. “The call was a very good one, we will be speaking again by phone, appreciate the TikTok approval, and both look forward to meeting at APEC!,” Trump wrote, referring to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, a grouping of 21 economies on the Pacific Rim.

Here's what happened during Trump-Xi phone call

1. China's official news agency Xinhua said Xi, in the call, stressed the importance of the bilateral ties and urged the US side to avoid against any unilateral trade restrictions from the US.

2. This is the second call with Xi since Trump returned to the White House and launched sky-high tariffs on China, triggering back-and-forth trade restrictions that strained ties between the two largest economies.

3. But Trump, a Republican, has expressed willingness to negotiate trade deals with Beijing, notably for TikTok, which faces a US ban unless its Chinese parent company sells its controlling stake.

4. The two men also spoke in June to defuse tensions over China's restrictions on the export of rare earth elements, used in everything from smartphones to fighter jets.

5. “I'm speaking with President Xi, as you know, on Friday, having to do with TikTok and also trade,” Trump said Thursday. “And we're very close to deals on all of it.”

6. He said his relationship with China is “very good” but noted that Russia's war in Ukraine could end if European countries put higher tariffs on China. Trump didn't say if he planned to raise tariffs on Beijing over its purchase of Moscow's oil, as he has done with India.

Efforts to finalise the TikTok deal

Following a US-China trade meeting earlier this week in Madrid, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the sides reached a framework deal on TikTok's ownership but Trump and Xi likely would finalise it Friday.

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Trump, who has credited the app with helping him win another term, several times has extended a deadline for the app to be spun off from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. It is a requirement to allow TikTok to keep operating in the US under a law passed last year seeking to address data privacy and national security concerns.

More trade issues on the table

Top US and Chinese officials have held four rounds of trade talks between May and September, with another likely in the coming weeks. Both sides have paused sky-high tariffs and pulled back from harsh export controls, but many issues remain unresolved.

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Trump in the call would likely “seek to make it appear that the United States has the upper hand in trade negotiations,” said Ali Wyne, senior research and advocacy adviser on US-China issues at the International Crisis Group.

Xi would likely "seek to underscore China's economic leverage and warn that continued progress in bilateral relations will hinge on an easing of US tariffs, sanctions and export controls,” Wyne said.

(With inputs from agency)

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