US President Donald Trump has said the future of TikTok depends on China’s actions, as the two countries’ negotiators prepared to buckle down for a second day of talks in Madrid.

The future of the short video app is a key agenda item on the latest round of trade discussions in Spain, which could pave the way for a face-to-face meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping next month.

Trump is widely expected to extend the Wednesday deadline for TikTok’s sale, making it the fourth reprieve given to China’s ByteDance since a US law passed during the Biden administration gave it until January 19, 2025 to divest or shut down the app.

“I may or may not, we’re negotiating TikTok right now,” Trump told reporters on Sunday, when asked about the app’s future.

“We may let it die, or we

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