President Trump floated the idea of bringing tariffs on Chinese imports down to 80 percent from their current 145 percent rate, but he said it’ll be up to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

U.S. stocks are drifting higher as Wall Street heads toward the end of an unusually quiet week. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Friday and was on track to erase its small loss for the week.

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Friday, marking their third straight day of gains, as investors assessed fresh comments from President Donald Trump regarding tariffs on China ahead of a key weekend meeting between the two countries.