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Trump says US will start talks with China on TikTok deal this week

UNITED STATES AND CHINA, JUL 04 – US President Donald Trump says talks with China on TikTok's sale will start next week amid ongoing trade tensions and TikTok's US divestment deadline in September.

  • On July 4, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that talks with China about a possible TikTok deal would start on July 7 or 8.
  • The talks follow a US law requiring Beijing-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's US assets due to national security concerns and an extended deadline until September 17.
  • Trump said on Air Force One that the US pretty much has a deal on TikTok's sale, possibly involving President Xi or his representatives, but he is not fully confident China will approve it.
  • He indicated that discussions with China would begin on Monday or Tuesday and suggested that an agreement was nearly finalized, though he expressed some uncertainty about the outcome.
  • These negotiations could shape TikTok's future in the US and reflect ongoing US-China relations, with Trump emphasizing a positive personal relationship with President Xi.
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By John Liu and Marc Stewart China's government on Monday sidestepped a question about U.S. President Donald Trump's recent claim that he "virtually" has a deal with Beijing to bring TikTok under U.S. ownership, and that talks with China over the popular short-video app could begin as early as this week. ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, is under pressure to spin off the short-video app's U.S. operations by September 17 or face a ban i…

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The US sees the successful social media app Tiktok as a threat to national security - because the parent company comes from China. A split-off of the US business, pushed by US President Trump, now seems to take shape: a new app is to be launched in the US in September.

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