US Treasury Secretary Bessent says framework deal on TikTok reached with China

Описание: (15 Sep 2025)
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Madrid, Spain - 15 September 2025
1. Mid of delegates arriving for US-China trade talks
2. Mid of US and Spanish delegates posing for a photo at trade talks, from left on screen: US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares Bueno and Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo
3. Wide of Albares Bueno and Bessent ascending stairs during US-China trade talks
4. Mid of officials walking through a grand hall in Madrid during US-China trade talks
5. Mid of officials gathered around a table during the US-China trade talks
6. Mid of delegates at a round table during US-China trade talks
7. Wide of Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs building during US-China trade talks
8. Mid of journalists and photographers
9. Wide of US delegates exiting the building
10. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, arriving for doorstep
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary:
"We have a framework for a TikTok deal. The two leaders, President Trump and party chair Xi, will speak on Friday to complete the deal but we do have a framework for a deal with TikTok."
12. Mid of Bessent with reporters
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary:
"We had very good discussions. We prefer to keep the discussions on TikTok. We will be holding trade negotiations in about a month again at a different location, but we talked about many things that we might do in the future."
14. Mid of officials speaking to the press outside a building during US-China trade talks
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Jamieson Greer, US Trade Representative:
"US-China negotiations tend to go on for months and years and years without results but I have to say too that President Trump played a role in this. We had a call with him last night. We had specific guidance from him. We shared it with our Chinese counterparts, and without his leadership and the leverage he provides, we would not have been able to conclude the deal today."
16. Mid of journalists
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary:
"The framework is for it to switch to US-controlled ownership, but again, I'm not going to get ahead of the leader's call on Friday. We have a framework. They'll have to confirm the deal."
18. Various of US delegates leaving
19. Wide of journalists and photographers
21. Various of Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng exiting building in Madrid during US-China trade talks
22. Wide of people gathering in a Madrid square
STORYLINE:
A framework deal has been reached for the ownership of popular social video platform TikTok, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said after weekend trade talks between the U.S. and China in Spain.

Bessent said in a press conference after the latest round of trade talks between the world's top two economies concluded in Madrid that U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping would speak on Friday to possibly finalize the deal.

Bessent said that the objective of the framework deal on the social media platform would be to switch to US ownership. Bessent said that Trump and Xi would speak on Friday to complete the deal.

“Getting to this framework was made possible by President Trump and the high regard President Trump has for party chair Xi,” Bessent told reporters.

Chinese officials have yet to confirm Bessent’s statement and were not present at the press conference.




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