Singapore: US President Donald Trump said he would meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in South Korea next month, declaring the pair had reached a deal on TikTok’s future and made progress on broader trade talks during a phone call on Friday.

The call marked the first time the leaders had spoken since June, as both sides look to broker a lasting trade deal after pausing the sky-high tariffs that had effectively halted the exchange of goods between the two countries earlier this year.

“We made progress on many very important issues including Trade, Fentanyl, the need to bring the War between Russia and Ukraine to an end, and the approval of the TikTok Deal,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday after the phone call.

Trump had been seeking Xi’s endorsement

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