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Separately, top Chinese official He Lifeng told Huang that "China's market investment and consumption potential is huge", according to state news agency Xinhua.

According to state media outlet Xinhua, Xi told Vietnam's Communist Party Secretary-General To Lam to "jointly oppose unilateral bullying".

The Chinese government has not announced retaliatory measures but Beijing is reportedly considering banning Hollywood films and suspending fentanyl cooperation with the US, according to Chinese blogger Liu Hong, who is a senior editor at state-run Xinhua news.

And state news agency Xinhua accused Trump of "turning trade into an over simplistic tit-for-tat game".

A commentary in the state-run Xinhua newspaper said "China's new energy industries and overall green transition, driven by its cutting-edge technologies, will continue to be important growth drivers".