(TNS) President Donald Trump said he would speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday, following talks between the countries to keep ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok app running in the U.S.

“I will be speaking to President Xi on Friday. The relationship remains a very strong one!!!,” Trump said in a post on social media Monday.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters after Trump’s post — as discussions in Madrid wrapped up — that a framework to keep the TikTok app running in the U.S. had been reached and that Trump and Xi would speak to complete the deal. The terms of the blueprint remain unclear.

“President Trump and party Chair Xi will speak on Friday to complete the deal, but we do have a framework for the deal with TikTok,” Bessent said. “I think the framework is for it to s

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