U.S. stocks fell for the third straight day on Friday, as skepticism over the United States and China reaching a trade deal before a looming deadline added to concerns over slowing global growth. Another round of talks is set for next week in Beijing, but President Donald Trump on Thursday fanned worries when he said he did not plan to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping before the March 1 deadline set for reaching an agreement. If the two countries fail to reach a deal by then, additional U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports will come into force. The trade-sensitive industrials shed 0.63 percent while shares of chip companies, which get a huge chunk of their revenue from China, also slipped. The Philadelphia chip index lost 1.25 percent. Global growth fears resurfaced on Thursday after the European Union cut its economic growth forecast and the Bank of England warned of Britain facing its weakest economic growth in a decade. Still, the S&P 500 is about 14 percent higher from 20-month lows it hit in December, spurred by a dovish Federal Reserve, hopes of a U.S.-China trade deal and largely positive fourth-quarter earnings. --More 22:29 LOCAL TIME 19:29 GMT 0013 www.spa.gov.sa/1883540