Stocks were higher Friday as President Donald Trump said the next round of US-China trade talks is set to take place on Monday. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet in London with representatives of China,

Politicians said the call between the two leaders, which focused on trade, had ‘made us very anxious’ about the implications for the island.

Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that his call with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, had focused entirely on the trade relationship between the nations, which has soured in recent months in a dispute over the export of critical minerals used in an array of industries.