China warned the Trump administration on Tuesday against reigniting trade tension by restoring tariffs on its goods next month, and threatened to retaliate against nations that strike deals with the United States to cut China out of supply chains.

The total value of goods exchanged between the US and China plunged below 2020's pandemic era low in the second month of the new tariff war between two nations.

President Donald Trump sent letters to the leaders of five more countries Wednesday, adding to the growing list of US trading partners for whom he has set new tariff rates.