While Beijing has consistently said it is open to talks, Chinese officials have struggled to understand the Trump administration’s demands.

Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang joins ‘Fox Report’ to break down China’s move to waive tariffs on certain U.S. goods and analyze the broader implications of the ongoing trade battle with the Trump administration.

A Ministry of Commerce taskforce is collecting lists of items that could be exempted from tariffs and is asking companies to submit their own requests, according to a source who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The iPhone maker is reportedly already in talks with some of the world’s largest manufacturers, like Foxconn and the Tata Group, about making the transition.

Apple has already stepped up production in India to beat U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, shipping some 600 tons of iPhones worth $2 billion to the United States in March.

Apple may shift all of its US iPhone production from China to India in an effort to avoid Trump's tariffs, according to a report from The Financial Times. The goal is to manufacture all 60 million iPhone devices sold to American customers in India by 2026,