By Lisa Visentin,Michael Koziol

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The specifics of the proposed deal, including which companies would seek to buy the app used by more than 170 million Americans and who would control its powerful algorithm, have not been made public.

While Trump claimed he had secured Xi’s support for a TikTok deal, the Chinese side’s account of the phone call was less definitive on the issue, instead noting that Xi had welcomed the commercial negotiations providing any solution complied with Chinese laws.

Trump described the call as “very productive” and said he would meet with Xi at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Seoul in late October and would travel to China early next year. Xi would then visit the United States “at an appropriate time”.

Xi said the call was “pragmatic, positive and constructive”, according to an official account of the phone call by China’s Xinhua News Agency, which made no mention of Xi approving a TikTok deal or the upcoming meeting with Trump.