WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Friday, Chinese state media reported, as they seek an agreement to help keep the video app TikTok online in the US and ease tensions between two superpowers locked in a standoff over trade. The report from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV did not provide any details of the conversation. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The agreement is at the top of the agenda alongside trade for the leaders’ first known call in three months.

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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to speak Friday to finalize the TikTok deal.