India, April 15 -- A Chinese diplomat has claimed that a dress worn by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has been made in China. Chinese envoy Zhang Zhishen stirred a controversy with his X post on Leavitt's dress amid the ongoing trade war between China and the United States.

US President Donald Trump paused most of his biggest tariff hikes last week for 90 days, apart from those for imports from China. US-China tensions have escalated into a near trade embargo, with both nations imposing massive tariffs on each other - 145% by the US and 125% by China.

Amid this trade war, Zhishen, who serves as the Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Denpasar, Indonesia, shared a picture of White House press secretary Karol...