President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the phone Thursday amid a trade war between the two countries, according to Chinese state media.

The call happened at Trump's request, Chinese State News Agency Xinhua reported.

Their conversation is a significant development amid the trade war between the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies.

It comes after Trump accused China of violating a deal negotiated by top officials in Geneva last month to roll back high tariff rates for 90 days. The agreement saw the U.S. drop the rate on Chinese goods coming to the U.S. from over 145% to 30%. China lowered its levy on U.S. goods from 125% to 10%.

Trump, last Friday, said China had breached the temporary truce though didn't provide details.

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