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- Trump says US will start talks with China on TikTok deal this week</p>
<p>July 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM</p>
<p>ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he will start talking to China on Monday or Tuesday about a possible TikTok deal.</p>
<p>He said the United States "pretty much" has a deal on the sale of the TikTok short-video app.</p>
<p>"I think we're gonna start Monday or Tuesday...talking to China, perhaps President Xi or one of his representatives, but we would we pretty much have a deal," Trump told reporters on Air Force One.</p>
<p>Last month, Trump extended to September 17 a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of TikTok.</p>
<p>A deal had been in the works this spring to spin off TikTok's U.S. operations into a new U.S.-based firm, majority-owned and operated by U.S. investors, but it was put on hold after China indicated it would not approve it following Trump's announcements of steep tariffs on Chinese goods.</p>
<p>Trump said the United States will probably have to get a deal approved by China.</p>
<p>When asked how confident he was that China would agree to a deal, he said, "I'm not confident, but I think so. President Xi and I have a great relationship, and I think it's good for them. I think the deal is good for China and it's good for us."</p>
<p>(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Andrea Shalal; Editing by Tom Hogue and Shri Navaratnam)</p>
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