According to a report by CNBC, a White House official said the call began at 8:00 a.m. ET.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly held a high-stakes call Friday morning to hammer out the final terms of a deal that would allow TikTok to keep operating in the U.S.

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According to a report by CNBC, a White House official said the call began at 8:00 a.m. ET. The development follows U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's announcement earlier this week that a “tentative framework” had been reached between the two nations regarding the ByteDance subsidiary’s U.S. operations.

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