{"id":2478,"date":"2025-09-19T16:35:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:35:40","slug":"trump-says-talk-with-chinas-xi-yielded-progress-including-on-tiktok-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=2478","title":{"rendered":"Trump says talk with China\u2019s Xi yielded progress, including on TikTok : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-89452\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 6720;&#10;        --source-height: 4480;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6720x4480+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff5%2F26%2F5502b8ce4fc79a335498dd0fb1e6%2Fap25094679702854.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6720x4480+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff5%2F26%2F5502b8ce4fc79a335498dd0fb1e6%2Fap25094679702854.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6720x4480+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff5%2F26%2F5502b8ce4fc79a335498dd0fb1e6%2Fap25094679702854.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6720x4480+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff5%2F26%2F5502b8ce4fc79a335498dd0fb1e6%2Fap25094679702854.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6720x4480+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff5%2F26%2F5502b8ce4fc79a335498dd0fb1e6%2Fap25094679702854.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6720x4480+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff5%2F26%2F5502b8ce4fc79a335498dd0fb1e6%2Fap25094679702854.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6720x4480+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff5%2F26%2F5502b8ce4fc79a335498dd0fb1e6%2Fap25094679702854.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6720x4480+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff5%2F26%2F5502b8ce4fc79a335498dd0fb1e6%2Fap25094679702854.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the TikTok home screen, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Michael Dwyer\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Michael Dwyer\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Trump said a call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday yielded progress on a range of thorny bilateral issues, including the fate of the short video platform TikTok. He also said he will meet Xi this fall and travel to China early next year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just completed a very productive call with President Xi of China. We made progress on many very important issues including Trade, Fentanyl, the need to bring the War between Russia and Ukraine to an end, and the approval of the TikTok Deal,&#8221; Trump wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s state news agency Xinhua called the conversation &#8220;pragmatic, positive and constructive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>On TikTok, it cited Xi as saying Beijing &#8220;respects the wishes of enterprises and is pleased to see companies conduct business negotiations on the basis of market rules and reach solutions that comply with Chinese laws and regulations while balancing interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But it added: &#8220;China hopes the U.S. will provide an open, fair, and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises investing in the U.S.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted online, ByteDance wrote: &#8220;We thank President Xi Jinping and President Donald J. Trump for their efforts to preserve TikTok in the United States. ByteDance will work in accordance with applicable laws to ensure TikTok remains available to American users through TikTok U.S.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump-Xi call follows talks last week between U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Madrid, where the two sides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/trump-china-tiktok-deal-rcna231313\" target=\"_blank\"><u>announced<\/u><\/a> they had agreed on a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/09\/15\/nx-s1-5539868\/tiktok-framework-bessent-trump\" target=\"_blank\"><u>framework<\/u><\/a>&#8221; for handling ownership of TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>But as of Friday morning, neither side had released any details about a deal, including which U.S. companies would be involved, whether TikTok&#8217;s Beijing-based owner ByteDance would retain a stake, and who would control TikTok&#8217;s prized algorithm.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiating a deal has been a lengthy, fraught process. TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.tiktok.com\/tiktok-files-emergency-motion-for-injunction?utm_source=chatgpt.com&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\"><u>has said<\/u><\/a> the app has 170 million users in the United States \u2014 roughly half the population \u2014 leading to concerns among security analysts and lawmakers that the Chinese government could squeeze TikTok&#8217;s Beijing-based owner ByteDance for data on Americans, or use the platform to influence them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5545600-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1246663779\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/04\/24\/1246663779\/biden-ban-tiktok-us\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset 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CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5545600-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5545600-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5266146\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/18\/nx-s1-5266146\/tiktok-offline-supreme-court-ban\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/18\\\/nx-s1-5266146\\\/tiktok-offline-supreme-court-ban&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3169x3169+793+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbd%2F59%2F33b0a7b04d2593c8a0cb83de1ff0%2Fgettyimages-2193815443.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3169x3169+793+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbd%2F59%2F33b0a7b04d2593c8a0cb83de1ff0%2Fgettyimages-2193815443.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3169x3169+793+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbd%2F59%2F33b0a7b04d2593c8a0cb83de1ff0%2Fgettyimages-2193815443.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source 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src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3169x3169+793+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbd%2F59%2F33b0a7b04d2593c8a0cb83de1ff0%2Fgettyimages-2193815443.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3169x3169+793+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbd%2F59%2F33b0a7b04d2593c8a0cb83de1ff0%2Fgettyimages-2193815443.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"The TikTok logo is screened on a mobile phone with U.S. flag in the background for illustration photo in Krakow, Poland, on Jan. 17.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5545600-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/04\/24\/1246663779\/biden-ban-tiktok-us\" target=\"_blank\"><u>passed a law<\/u><\/a> last year mandating that TikTok go offline in the U.S. unless ByteDance gives up control. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/10\/nx-s1-5254236\/tiktok-supreme-court-what-to-know\" target=\"_blank\"><u>TikTok sued<\/u><\/a>, arguing that a ban violates users&#8217; free speech rights, but the law was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/17\/nx-s1-5258396\/supreme-court-upholds-tiktok-ban\" target=\"_blank\"> <u>upheld in early January<\/u><\/a> by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5545600-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5268701\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/20\/nx-s1-5268701\/trump-executive-order-tiktok-ban\" 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data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3423x3423+856+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F94%2F16ddf4264d82b1e7f700e943a0f0%2Fap25017790600456.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3423x3423+856+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F94%2F16ddf4264d82b1e7f700e943a0f0%2Fap25017790600456.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3423x3423+856+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F94%2F16ddf4264d82b1e7f700e943a0f0%2Fap25017790600456.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3423x3423+856+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F94%2F16ddf4264d82b1e7f700e943a0f0%2Fap25017790600456.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3423x3423+856+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F94%2F16ddf4264d82b1e7f700e943a0f0%2Fap25017790600456.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3423x3423+856+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F94%2F16ddf4264d82b1e7f700e943a0f0%2Fap25017790600456.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"The TikTok app logo is shown on an iPhone on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo\/Ashley Landis)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5545600-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Just hours before the ban went into effect on Jan. 19, TikTok briefly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/18\/nx-s1-5266146\/tiktok-offline-supreme-court-ban\" target=\"_blank\"><u>went offline<\/u><\/a> in the United States. But on Inauguration Day, Trump issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/20\/nx-s1-5268701\/trump-executive-order-tiktok-ban\" target=\"_blank\"><u>an executive order<\/u><\/a> pausing enforcement of the ban for 75 days, and extending a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/02\/13\/nx-s1-5273651\/tiktok-is-back-apple-google-app-stores\" target=\"_blank\"><u>liability shield<\/u><\/a> to companies that provide back-end support to the video platform or host it in app stores. Trump has since given TikTok three more extensions as his administration tried to broker a deal for ByteDance to divest and U.S. companies to take control \u2014 a series of reprieves that legal experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/19\/nx-s1-5267568\/tiktok-back-online\" target=\"_blank\"><u>have questioned<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The fate of TikTok became increasingly wrapped up in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/06\/10\/g-s1-72042\/us-china-trade-framework-london-talks\" target=\"_blank\"> <u>sweeping trade talks<\/u><\/a> between Washington and Beijing that include strategically thorny topics like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/09\/nx-s1-5460936\/trump-tariffs-economy-china-policy\" target=\"_blank\"><u>tariffs<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/09\/17\/nx-s1-5542032\/the-ongoing-u-s-china-trade-war-has-complicated-things-for-u-s-chip-giant-nvidia\" target=\"_blank\"><u>microchips<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/23\/nx-s1-5475137\/china-rare-earth-elements\" target=\"_blank\"><u>rare earth minerals<\/u><\/a> and China&#8217;s export of chemicals used to make the synthetic opioid fentanyl.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5545600-103\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5475137\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/23\/nx-s1-5475137\/china-rare-earth-elements\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset 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src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2006x2006+0+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F01%2F5e%2Fe434ea5b4c0b8543d21693090ab9%2Fgettyimages-157928410.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2006x2006+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F01%2F5e%2Fe434ea5b4c0b8543d21693090ab9%2Fgettyimages-157928410.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"This is a satellite image collected on Nov. 13, 2012, of the Maoniuping Mine, one of China's largest rare earth elements mines, located near Mianning, Sichuan province, China.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5545600-103\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5545600-104\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and China found themselves in a tariff spiral earlier this year after President Trump&#8217;s announcement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/04\/02\/nx-s1-5345802\/trump-tariffs-liberation-day\" target=\"_blank\"><u>&#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; tariffs<\/u><\/a>. The two sides announced several rounds of tit-for-tat retaliatory levies until U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports hit 145%, and Chinese tariffs on U.S. exports topped out at 125%<strong>, <\/strong>threatening to bring all trade to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>At a meeting in Geneva in May, the two sides<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/05\/12\/nx-s1-5395027\/us-china-tariffs-deal-trade-war-beijing-washington\" target=\"_blank\"> <u>announced a 90-day truce<\/u><\/a>, lowered tariff rates and eased other trade barriers including deliveries of Chinese rare earth minerals.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Trump issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/08\/further-modifying-reciprocal-tariff-rates-to-reflect-ongoing-discussions-with-the-peoples-republic-of-china\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>executive order<\/u><\/a> to keep tariffs low while trade negotiations continue. At present, the standard U.S. tariff rate on Chinese goods is 30%, while China&#8217;s rate on American goods stands at 10%.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more at stake than just trade, however.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong&#8217;s <em>South China Morning Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3325739\/trumps-china-trip-many-hinge-boeing-and-soybean-deals-sources-say?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" target=\"_blank\"><u>reported<\/u><\/a> last week that China and the U.S. were in the &#8220;final stage&#8221; of negotiations for Trump to make a state visit to China, after Beijing sent a formal state invitation early this month.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders of the world&#8217;s top two economies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/06\/05\/nx-s1-5421316\/trump-xi-tariffs-phone-call\" target=\"_blank\"><u>spoke in June<\/u><\/a> and agreed on an in-person meeting. If Trump travels to China, it will be the first visit to the country by a U.S. president since 2017, when he went in his first term.<\/p>\n<p>For Xi, analysts say, a visit would be a symbolic win, demonstrating U.S. respect and underscoring his peer status with Trump. It would also likely help stabilize the bilateral relationship while improving trade relations and rhetoric, something Beijing has been keen to secure as it grapples with a sluggish economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/09\/19\/nx-s1-5545600\/tiktok-deal-talks-trump-xi\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the TikTok home screen, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. 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