The president told reporters Friday that China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, had approved a deal for TikTok. But he also suggested the agreement was a work in progress.
As President Trump extended for a fourth time a deadline to determine TikTok’s future in the United States, details of an agreement to address concerns about the app began to emerge.
Top economic officials met in Madrid for a second day, with deadlines looming on tariffs and a ban on TikTok in the United States if it is not sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance.
Earlier efforts to find a new, non-Chinese owner for the popular video app fell apart. A federal law that cites national security issues requires TikTok owner ByteDance to sell it or face a ban.
Trump administration officials say they have the framework of a deal to save the popular video app. It had until Sept. 17 to be sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or face a ban in the United States.