U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer suggested last month that the U.S. was abandoning any notion of imposing a 25% tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese products, signaling that a bilateral deal might be in the offing.

U.S. stock index futures fell Friday amid jitters sparked by the Federal Reserve’s cautious outlook for the world’s largest economy.

U.S. stock index futures were lower on Thursday morning, as investors are still digesting the Fed’s latest comments.

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday brought its three-year drive to tighten monetary policy to an abrupt end, abandoning projections for any interest rate hikes this year amid signs of an economic slowdown, and saying it would halt the steady decline of its balance sheet in September.

U.S. stock index futures traded mixed on Wednesday as investors await a policy decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Ford is boosting production of its Expedition and Lincoln Navigator sport utility vehicles and will be adding 550 new jobs at its Kentucky Truck Plant where it assembles the vehicles, the company said Tuesday.