In a post on Truth Social, Mr Trump blasted China in comments that threaten to further escalate the trade dispute between the two powers. “China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US,” Mr Trump said.

The US and China agreed earlier this month to reduce tariffs on each other after tit-for-tat measures lead to import duties on Chinese goods to he US of 145pc. Talks between the two sides saw America’s import tariffs cut to 30pc.

On Friday, Mr Trump said: “I made a FAST DEAL with China in order to save them from what I thought was going to be a very bad situation, and I didn’t want to see that happen. Because of this deal, everything quickly stabilised and China got back to business as usual.”



“The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US,” he added: “So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!”

Asked about Mr Trump’s post on CNBC, Jamieson Greer, America’s chief trade negotiator, took aim at Beijing for continuing to “slow down and choke off things like critical minerals”.

He said that the America’s trade deficit with China “continues to be enormous”, and that Washington was not seeing major shifts in Beijing’s behaviour.

China hit back at Mr Trump’s comments, urging the United States to end “discriminatory restrictions” against Beijing and for the two sides to “jointly uphold the consensus reached at the high-level talks in Geneva”, according to China’s embassy in Washington.

On Thursday, Scott Bessent, the US Treasury Secretary, said talks between the two sides had become “a bit stalled” and suggested Mr Trump could intervene.