Live updates: Trump and China's Xi Jinping to hold call TikTok and trade war

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Trump set to speak with China’s Xi to finalize TikTok deal

Reporting from Hong Kong

Trump is set to speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping today as they try to finalize a deal to keep popular short-video app TikTok operating in the United States.

The call, which China has not yet confirmed, is expected to take place around 9 a.m. ET. It will also focus on the ongoing trade war between the world’s two largest economies, and could set the stage for the leaders of the rival superpowers to hold their first in-person meeting since Trump returned to office.

Trump told Fox News on Thursday that the two sides were “very close to deals on all of it,” adding that his relationship with China is “very good” and “it sounds like they’ve approved TikTok.”

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