U.S., China Reach ‘Framework’ TikTok Deal During Trade Talks

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The United States and China reached a “framework” deal on the fate of the famous social media application Tiktok during the second day of commercial talks in Madrid on Monday. Such a deal from the epic that lasted years in technological competition between the two largest economies in the world and can pave the way for a future meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

According to US Treasury Secretary Scott Payet, Tiktok will turn from being owned by a Chinese bytedance to be owned by an American company. It is not clear which company that will control it or whether Bytedance will also convey the control of the basic technology of the application, but BESSENT said that the deal would maintain the cultural aspects of the application, an issue that the Chinese negotiators were concerned about.

“They are interested in the Chinese characteristics of the application, which they believe is a soft power. We do not care about the Chinese characteristics. We are interested in national security,” Pesent told reporters in Madrid.

Trump implicitly on the social truth on Monday that confirming the deal will come during a phone call with Shi on Friday. The relationship between the United States of China “is still very strong !!!” Trump wrote. Chinese trade representative Lee Chenggang also praised the “explicit and depth” conversation.

Last year, the US Congress approved a law that requires the stripping of Tiktok due to fears that the user of the application is accessible by the Chinese government, allowing Beijing to monitor the activity of Americans and perform influences. However, after arriving at his position in January – and although the motive for the ban was in the first place during his first term – Trump was the Ministry of Justice to suspend the ban on the ban, a option to extend it over and over again.

Four rounds of conversations and several accessories of 90 days later, the White House is closer to addressing Congress’ fears more than ever; However, the framework deal still requires the approval of Congress, and another extension is scheduled for Wednesday. Pisint said the deadline can be extended 90 days to allow the end of the agreement. (Meanwhile, Trump and his white home joined themselves even as negotiations continued.)

“It is not a secret that there are serious issues in trade, economy and national security between the United States and China,” said American commercial actor Jameson Jarir. “To be able to come, sit, get to know quickly the issues, and narrow them to a very likable place, and be able to reach a result, taking into account the approval of the leaders, I mean, and this is great.”

Jarir added that the issues surrounding the Chinese export controls on the critical minerals and magnets were also discussed within two days of commercial talks, and that it will be the axis of the possible eleventh Trump meeting. This can happen as soon as next month, when South Korea hosts the Economic Cooperation Forum in the Asia and Pacific region, although Trump also suggested that Xi to get a summit in the near future.

However, the conversations did not address all commercial concerns. In a separate advertisement, Beijing accused the American NVIDia manufacturer NVIDIA of violating the anti -pregnancy laws when it bought Mellanox Technologies, a data transfer and transfer network, at $ 6.9 billion in 2020. Foreign policy “We comply with the law in all respects.”

Pesin said he discussed the “bad timing” of allegations, even when China pledged to intensify the world’s leading chip maker. But some experts claim that Beijing’s recent threat is just another point of situations, as they released similar threats in the past, including banning some Micron products in May 2023 due to the alleged cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure.

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Thursday, September 18: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to hold the security cabinet.

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Historical elections. Syria was expected to start the indirect parliament elections on Monday-the first such vote since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad in December. However, the vote appears to be delayed on Monday due to logistical concerns. According to the country’s electoral committee, it will be completed by the end of this month.

For several days, the regional electoral committees of local representatives will choose 140 of the 210 seats for parliament, with the selection of 70 legislators remaining by interim President Ahmed Al -Shara. Because of the “security concerns”, the elections will not include the Suwida Governorate, which is dominated by the Druze, nor the parking of the north and tenderness, both of which are controlled by the Kurdish factions. Instead, the seats allocated to these areas will remain empty “so that it is possible to hold elections there,” according to a spokesman for the electoral committee. The minority groups in the Druze and Kurdish minorities have participated in violent clashes with government forces in recent months in the attempt to independence from Syria.

In March, Shara signed a temporary constitution law that established a five -year political transitional period. This also created a framework for a temporary parliament until the adoption of a permanent constitution and general elections, which Shara may take about four years.

Reform Cabinet. Sushila Karki Prime Minister Sushila Karki chose three reformists with illegal control credentials on Monday to fill the main cabinet functions. Former Finance Minister Ramisho Brasad Khanal, who has recommended many economic reforms, will take over the Ministry of Finance; The former head of the state’s tools in the state will become Coleman Ging, a preliminary competitor to become a head, a minister of energy; Human Rights Lawyer Umm Prakash Ariel, who advises the mayor of Kathmandu – will become a popular figure among the members of the Z generation – Minister of the homeland.

Karki, the first president in Nepal, was the constitutional oath as a temporary prime minister on Friday after the deadly anti -parliamentary protests and forced Prime Minister KP Charma Olaya to resign. As at least 72 people were killed and more than 2,100 other people were injured during the demonstrations, the protests last week were the worst period in the country in the history of Nepal Modern.

Nepal is expected to hold new elections on March 5. “People from the streets and everywhere they said,” Give the responsibility of Sushla, so I was forced. “

“The language of infections.” British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer condemned billionaire Eileon Musk on Monday for a safe, right -wing and equivalent test of immigrants in London that violence comes to the United Kingdom. Speaking through the video link, Musk called for the dissolution of Parliament and the early elections to remove the leg of the Starmer from power. Musk said: “You are either resisting or dying.”

The Starmer office condemned the comments and pointed to the importance of peaceful protest. On Saturday, the “Unite the Kingdom” march witnessed 26 officers from the police when a faction of the demonstration tried to engage with the close disabled. “The United Kingdom is a fair, tolerant, loyal country, so the last thing the British people want is a dangerous and inflammatory language, which threatens violence and intimidation in our streets,” said Dave Parmer, a spokesman for Starmer, Dave Paris.

Musk has already supported extremist right -wing movements throughout Europe. In January, TROMP advisor at the time called on the Germans to vote in favor of the alternative to the Germany Party in the upcoming elections, and last summer, Musk posted on X that the “civil war inevitably” amid anti -immigration riots in the United Kingdom. His comments come a few days before Trump’s appointment to meet Starmer in the Audit Court.

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