Beijing, April 17 || A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that the United States' 245 per cent tariff on certain products from China no longer makes economic sense.
It the US continues to play the "tariff numbers game", it will pay no attention to it, according to the spokesperson, news agency reported.
The statement came in the wake of White House's statement that China faces tariffs of up to 245 per cent due to its retaliatory action.
China now faces up to 245 per cent tariffs on imports to the US as a result of its retaliatory tariffs, according to the White House Fact sheet.
This came after Beijing ordered its airlines not to take any further deliveries of Boeing jets in response to the earlier US decision to impose 145 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods.
According to the White House, the US President is open to making a trade deal with China, but Beijing should make the first move.
"More than 75 countries have already reached out to discuss new trade deals. As a result, the individualised higher tariffs are currently paused amid these discussions, except for China, which retaliated," it said.