China has approved the transfer agreement for the short video app TikTok, United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said, adding that he expects it to move forward in coming weeks and months but giving no other details.

“In Kuala Lumpur, we finalised the TikTok agreement in terms of getting Chinese approval, and I would expect that would go forward in the coming weeks and months, and we’ll finally see a resolution to that,” Bessent told the Fox Business Network programme Mornings with Maria on Thursday following US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

China’s Commerce Ministry said in a statement earlier on Thursday that the country would properly handle TikTok-related issues with the US. A Chinese spokesperson added, “The Chinese side will work with

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