Stocks rise Friday morning ahead of trade talks with China

The stock market appears to be bullish Friday morning in response to speculation regarding trade negotiations between the United States and China.

The valuations of certain index funds in the stock market Friday morning, futures.

Tariffs, particularly with China, has attracted investors' attention as they threaten free trade and domestic consumption of goods. Trump, despite already having implemented high tariffs and a trade war in his first term, rose tariffs by over 100% due to an inflamed urge to recover American manufacturing and jobs. These steep rates have caused economists and American consumers alike to lament and criticize the Trump admin's policies, and the stock market experienced its worst days in years.

However, both Trump and China have responded to unpopularity with both opening the door to negotiations. These negotiations are expected to occur today leading up into next week. China in particular has received pressure to lower its "reciprocal" retaliatory tariffs on the United States in response to Trump; Trump hopes that this occurs, as he has justified his tariffs as a leveraging tool for the reduction of foreign rates.

Futures rose as investors anticipate some tariff reductions to be negotiated.