Dhaka, April 18 -- 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 245pc due to its retaliatory actions.

In a fact sheet released on Tuesday, the White House said China's total duties include the latest reciprocal tariff of 125pc, a 20pc tariff to address the fentanyl crisis, and tariffs of between 7.5pc and 100pc on specific goods to address unfair trade practices.

US President Donald Trump announced additional tariffs on all countries two weeks ago, before suddenly rolling back higher "reciprocal tariffs" for dozens of countries while keeping punishing duties on China.

Beijing raised ...