The US president says: "On the scale from zero to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12." Beijing says the results were "hard won".

Trump’s meeting with China’s Xi Jinping produced no details on the future of the popular app.

"In Kuala Lumpur, we finalized the TikTok agreement in terms of getting Chinese approval, and I would expect that would go forward in the coming weeks and months, and we'll finally see a resolution to that,

ByteDance did not respond to Ars’ request for comment. The TikTok owner has remained quiet throughout the Trump administration’s negotiations with China over the US sale, which is supposed to resolve US national security concerns that China may influence content on the app.

Earlier in the week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that he had held positive talks with Chinese officials, and that he expected the TikTok U.S. deal to be approved after Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

American Jewish leaders have blamed Tiktok for allowing antisemitism to spread among young people and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently accused China of using the platform to promote anti-Israel sentiment around the world — a charge China denies.

According to U.S. national security law, Beijing-based ByteDance must sell TikTok's U.S. operations or effectively be banned in the country. China has yet to approve terms of a deal that would allow a new joint-venture company to oversee TikTok in the U.S.

A tariff hike could potentially damage the Chinese economy. The U.S. imported about $438 billion worth of goods and services from China last year, making it the largest destination for China’s exports. In all, that figure accounts for about 15% of China’s exports, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Por BARBARA ORTUTAYLa reunión del jueves entre el presidente Donald Trump y el líder chino Xi Jinping produjo una serie de decisiones para ayudar a reducir las tensiones comerciales,