['DATE | Friday', "LOC | China's", 'LOC | U.S.', 'LOC | U.S.-China', 'ORG | State_Council']
Stock-index futures had been trading higher as U.S.-China trade negotiations remained in focus, with optimism that a deal can be reached boosted by news reports that China's State Council on Friday began the process of exempting some punitive tariffs from U.S. agricultural goods.