The call comes three days before Trump takes office, having promised high across-the-board tariffs against China and sparked concerns about an intense trade war

The US Supreme Court unanimously upheld a law to force TikTok’s sale from a Chinese state-owned firm on Friday, January 17.

TikTok has dismissed the report suggesting China might allow the potential sale of the social media company's US operations to billionaire Elon Musk and called it "pure fiction."