Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump said Friday he'd spoken with his Chinese counterpart about the preliminarily trade deal struck by negotiators earlier this month.

"Had a very good talk with President Xi of China concerning our giant Trade Deal," Trump wrote on Twitter . "China has already started large scale purchaes (sic) of agricultural product & more."

He wrote a formal signing for the package was "being arranged" and noted the pair also discussed North Korea and Hong Kong.

Trump and Xi have spoken periodically about trade over the past year, most recently at the Group of 20 summit held over the summer in Japan.

They had been due to meet in Chile in November to sign the "phase one" trade deal, but those plans were scrapped amid violent street protests in the capital Santiago.

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