WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump, who recently accused Xi Jinping of working to “conspire” against the United States, hopes to finalize the fate of video-sharing app TikTok and make progress on trade talks in a phone call with the Chinese leader on Friday. “I’m speaking with President Xi, as you know, on Friday, having to do with TikTok, and also trade,” Trump said Thursday in an interview with Fox News. “And we’re very close to deals on all of it.

China and U.S. reach framework agreement to defuse trade war, TikTok deal deadline extended, final agreement anticipated.

The social media platform had faced a ban in the US over national security concerns.