US President Donald Trump has said that he had agreed with Chinese President Xi Jinping to approve TikTok's use in the United States and ease the trade stand-off between the two superpowers.

"He approved the TikTok deal," Mr Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday, local time, adding that "it could be a formality" in getting an agreement signed later.

Mr Trump used an earlier post on Truth Social to confirm he had a "very productive" call with Mr Xi.

The two leaders' effort to steady relations coincides with discussions on a potential in-person meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea on October 30-November 1.

The deal would transfer TikTok's US assets to US owners from ByteDance.

"We made progress on many very important issues inc

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