President Donald Trump and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping began talks on Sept. 19 about a deal that would allow China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American buyer.
Chinese media reported that the call began around 8:12 p.m. in Beijing, which is 12 hours ahead of Washington.
Trump had outlined the terms of the deal earlier this week as trade negotiators from the United States and China met in Madrid.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that, after two days of talks, a framework for a deal had been reached, in large part thanks to Trump calling in to lay out terms….