Trump, China’s Xi Discuss Trade, TikTok Before Inauguration
- Leaders also discussed fentanyl in conversation, Trump says
- Call comes as China says Han Zheng, not Xi, to attend ceremony
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US President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed trade, TikTok and fentanyl on Friday in a pre-inauguration conversation that could set the tone for relations between the world’s two largest economies and main geopolitical rivals.
“The call was a very good one for both China and the U.S.A.,” Trump wrote in a post to his Truth Social platform. “President Xi and I will do everything possible to make the World more peaceful and safe!”