He added, “I think the deal is good for China, and it’s good for us. It’s money, it’s a lot of money.” Mr. Trump did not say who the potential buyer was.

Trump said he got "pretty close" to a deal with China over TikTok. But he said China changed the deal after he increased tariffs on the country to 54%.

“China has loads of things that it needs to export, and whether or not the U.S. puts tariffs on China, it’s pretty much impossible to stop the shifts in flows,” said Leah Fahy, a China ...