China will pay no attention if the United States continues to play the "tariff numbers game", China's foreign ministry said on Thursday, after the White House outline how China faces tariffs of up to 245% due to its retaliatory actions.

Donald Trump justified the tariffs as necessary to address trade imbalances and unfair practices. However, China's commerce ministry criticised the tariffs as irrational and accused the US of engaging in a "meaningless" numbers game.

China said Friday that it will impose reciprocal 34% tariffs on all imports from the United States from April 10, making good on a promise to strike back after US President Donald Trump escalated a global trade war.