Trade discussions between the U.S. and China have picked up as the March 1 truce deadline nears, according to Steve Censky, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Deputy Secretary.

After spending half a decade buying up farmland across central France, Chinese billionaire Hu Keqin is coming under pressure to sell some of it off. Reward Group, his milk formula and household chemicals company, had big plans to import wheat grown in France and serve up fresh-from-the-oven baguettes at bakeries around China.

U.S. stock index futures were lower on Friday morning on the back of weaker-than-expected retail data.

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U.S. stock index futures were higher Thursday morning with market participants monitoring U.S.-China trade talks.

The federal government collected a record $1,665,484,000,000 in individual income taxes in calendar year 2018, according to the Monthly Treasury Statements for year, which the Treasury finished publishing today with the belated release of the December statement.