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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their third phone call this year on Friday, Chinese state news Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n

Further details were not immediately available, but tariffs, finalization of a deal on TikTok\u2019s US operations, and a potential summit between the two leaders were high on the agenda.<\/p>\n

The conversation between Trump and Xi began at 8 am US time (1200 GMT).<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters this week he hoped to finalize a deal to allow the social media app TikTok to continue operating in the US.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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