Beijing is considering ways to address the Trump administration's concerns about China's role in the fentanyl trade, potentially providing an off-ramp from hostilities to allow trade talks to start, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Addressing the Trump team’s gripes over China’s role in the fentanyl crisis could let both sides soften trade stance.

A top Chinese official has been asking what the Trump administration wants Beijing to do about the chemicals used to make the deadly drug fentanyl, in a possible sign that the trade war between