U.S. stock-market futures gained Sunday after top negotiators for the U.S. and China expressed optimism that a new trade deal is in reach, ahead of a key meeting later this week between President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping.

President Donald Trump is on the ground in Malaysia meeting with world leaders and signing multiple trade deals ahead of his high-stakes meeting with China's President Xi Jinping.

President Trump predicted a “successful transaction” ahead of his Thursday meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping — after negotiators from both countries drafted a framework for a trade agreement to avert Trump’s threatened 100% additional tariff on Chinese goods.

The announcement marked a significant de-escalation of a volatile trade war ahead of Trump’s Thursday meeting with Xi.

U.S.-China trade tensions appeared to cool Sunday before an upcoming meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with each side saying a deal was nearing between the world's two largest economies.

The United States and China appear to have hammered out the framework of a trade deal in advance of Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping's meeting this week, removing the threat of an imminent collapse in trade between the world's two largest economies.

A trade deal between the United States and China is drawing closer, officials from the world’s two largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to aim to finalize during their high-stakes meeting.

Top negotiators for the U.S. and China expressed optimism Sunday that a new trade deal is in reach, ahead of a meeting later this week between President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping.