President Donald Trump will speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping today to finalize a deal to keep TikTok operational in the US, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday.
Trump told reporters yesterday that he’s speaking with Xi today to “finalize something on TikTok.”
The agreement is a precursor to a Trump-Xi meeting that both sides have sought for months, US officials said Monday after a framework plan was announced.
Without a TikTok deal in place, a meeting between Trump and Xi wouldn’t be possible, US officials said. An agreement makes it more likely the two leaders will sit down when Trump visits Asia at the end of October, according to those officials.
What else is on Trump’s agenda: After returning from a state visit in the UK, the president’s schedule today includes an intelligence briefing at 11 a.m. ET and an executive order signing at 3 p.m. ET. Both events are closed to press as of now, but we’ll let you know if that changes.
