Traders took a step back after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq last week logged their strongest weekly performances in more than a month.

Inflation data, trade talks and earnings—it’s shaping up to be a busy week for markets, being approached with cautious optimism as futures were gaining ahead of the opening on Monday . Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 89 points,

U.S. levies on Chinese goods like toys, footwear and furniture could rise sharply if a deal is not approved by Tuesday’s deadline.

Donald Trump has extended a trade war truce with China for another 90 days, two US officials have said, just hours before his Tuesday deadline to steepen tariffs on the world’s biggest exporter.

US President Donald Trump is set to make the final call on maintaining a tariff truce with China before it expires in two weeks, an extension that would mark a continued stabilization in ties between the world’s two biggest economies.

US President Donald Trump said he hopes China will massively step up its purchases of American soybeans, even as China has yet to book any cargoes for the upcoming season.

President Donald Trump Sunday urged China to raise its purchase of American Soybeans fourfold. China hasn't booked cargoes from the U.S. ahead of harvest.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he hoped China would quadruple its soybean orders from the U.S, adding that it was also "a way of substantially reducing" Beijing's trade deficit with Washington.