Trump & Xi Chat: TikTok's Fate & More

Former US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping chatted for the first time since 2021. The topic? TikTok! This call happened just hours before the Supreme Court was set to decide the app's fate. A US law about to take effect would have banned TikTok unless its Chinese owner, ByteDance, sold the platform. Trump's team has been talking to Beijing, but this was the first direct chat between the leaders in four years. This conversation comes before Trump's inauguration, where a top Chinese official will attend for the first time. The world waits to see Trump's China policy – will he use tariffs to negotiate or just impose them? Trump has shown support for TikTok, so will his admin go after companies breaking the law? US-China relations hit a low point under Biden, over issues like Taiwan and China's support for Russia. Trump has named some China hawks to his admin and plans to push China to buy more US crops.