Futures on Wall Street are trading with modest loses ahead of important talks on the trade front and some inflation data that will be reported over the close of the week. Futures on the Dow Jones are trading with losses of 70 points,

The 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 200 points, or 0.5%, at 42,070, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 0.3% to remain above 19,063.