U.S. stocks ended the Wednesday session higher after President Donald Trump was seen dialing back his rhetoric on the Federal Reserve and China trade.

President Donald Trump’s unprecedented tariffs, particularly on China, and recent attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell caused alarm among some of his top advisers and America’s biggest CEOs,

In public remarks on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is willing to negotiate with China, which sent markets higher. The comments from Bessent affirmed a shift toward de-escalation he reportedly shared at a private JPMorgan event a day earlier. Bloomberg News first reported those remarks.

The U.S. and China held talks on Thursday morning to help resolve an ongoing trade war, President Donald Trump said. "We may reveal it later, but they had meetings this morning, and we've been meeting with China,

For all his bravado on tariffs, President Trump still seems to have a soft spot for bull markets. Fueled by a volley of comments out of the White House related to trade and monetary policy, stocks have rallied across back-to-back trading sessions.