President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed important issues like trade, fentanyl, and TikTok during a phone call Friday. Trump described the conversation as "very good" on Truth Social,

President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have discussed trade, fentanyl and TikTok in a phone call Friday, just days before Trump heads back to the White House.

Donald Trump said he held a “very good” phone call with China’s President Xi Jinping, as the US-President elect prepares to return to the White House next week.

The conversation, which marked the first interaction between the two leaders since Trump’s departure after his first term.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed issues including TikTok, trade and Taiwan in a phone call on Friday, just days before Trump takes office again promising tariffs that could ratchet up tensions between the world's two biggest economies.

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