As U.S. and Chinese officials concluded trade talks this week, new data shows massive tariffs drove Chinese imports to their lowest levels in more than five years. U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods topped out at 145% in April when the Census Bureau collected trade data that showed a continuing decline in Chinese imports from March.

The United States and China have agreed on a framework to implement their trade truce, officials on both sides said Wednesday, after concluding two days of talks in London to defuse tensions and ease export restrictions that threaten to disrupt global manufacturing.

Chinese exports of rare earth minerals, which are vital to carmakers and other industries, and China's access to high-end technology from the U.S., including computer chips, are high on the agenda.

Private market funds have been underperforming, according to State Street’s latest private equity index, The Financial Times reports. The index, which tracks cash flows from private equity, private debt and venture capital funds, returned 7.08 percent last year, versus the S&P 500’s total return of 25 percent.

• Semtech has a price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of 3.4 against a figure of 3.0 for the S&P 500 • Additionally, the company's price-to-free cash flow (P/FCF) ratio is 52.6 compared to 20.5 for the S&P 500

U.S. and Chinese negotiators agreed to try again to implement the trade war truce that had collapsed after it was reached during an earlier round of talks in Geneva.

The Big Money Show' co-host Taylor Riggs joins 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss the significance of rare earth minerals, where the U.S. has the 'upper hand' with China trade talks and more.

China's Vice Premier He Lifeng said China and the United States should strengthen consensus and maintain communication, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday, after the two countries agreed to get a delicate trade truce back on track.

High-level delegations from the United States and China are meeting in London to try and shore up a fragile truce in a trade dispute that has roiled the global economy.

US stocks closed higher as investors wait for news from another day of China-US trade talks in London. Key inflation data are also ahead.