US President Donald Trump said he would speak on Friday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, following talks between negotiators from the world’s two largest economies in recent days that resulted in a framework deal to keep ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok app running in the US.

“I will be speaking to President Xi on Friday. The relationship remains a very strong one!!!,” Trump said in a post on social media Monday.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters after Trump’s post — as the discussions in Madrid wrapped up — that a framework to keep the TikTok app running in the US had been reached and that Trump and Xi would speak to complete the deal. The terms of the blueprint remain unclear.

“President Trump and party Chair Xi will speak on Friday to complete the deal, but we do have a framework for the deal with Tiktok,” Bessent said.

Trump and Bessent’s comments come ahead of a deadline this week to secure a deal that would divest TikTok’s American operations to comply with a US national security law. Trump has already extended the deadline more than once to keep the popular app, which he credits with boosting his appeal among younger voters in the last election, running.

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Published on September 15, 2025