By Drew Harwell, washingtonpost.com, 9-15-25
President Donald Trump said Sept. 15 that the United States and China have reached a deal over TikTok that would mark a shift in ownership for the wildly popular video app and avoid its nationwide ban.
Trump said he would speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday, adding that the agreement over the app, now owned by the Beijing-based tech giant ByteDance, would make “young people in our Country … very happy!”
The president provided no details about the agreement, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said only that a “framework” of the deal was in place. Chinese government officials said Monday in a news conference that the two sides had reached a “basic consensus” and would work to “examine and approve” matters related to the deal. » Read More