Dec 3 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slid about 0.4% on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said he had no deadline for reaching a trade agreement with China and it might be better to wait until after the U.S. presidential election in November, 2020.

At 05:37 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis 1YMc1 were down 116 points, or 0.42%. S&P 500 e-minis ESc1 were down 11.75 points, or 0.38% and Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQc1 were down 41.5 points, or 0.5%.

(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernard Orr)

((sruthi.shankar@thomsonreuters.com; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780; outside U.S. +91 80 6749 6328; Reuters Messaging: sruthi.shankar.reuters.com@reuters.net))

The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.