“The US’s wielding of tariffs has severely impacted the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain,” China’s commerce ministry said in a statement.

“Relevant Chinese airlines and Boeing in the US have suffered greatly,” a spokesman said.

New US tariffs have reached 145% on many Chinese products, while Beijing has responded with fresh 125% duties on imports from the US.

Boeing’s CEO confirmed last week that China had stopped accepting new aircraft due to the trade war.

In a televised interview with CNBC, Boeing chief executive Kelly Ortberg said Chinese customers had “stopped taking delivery of aircraft due to the tariff environment”, adding that if the halt continued, the aviation giant would soon market the jets to other carriers.

Boeing had planned to deliver around 50 aircraft to China in 2025, said Ortberg, adding that the company wouldn’t “wait too long” to send the jets to other customers.

US President Donald Trump also criticised Beijing for backing out of the deal, saying Boeing should “default China for not taking the beautifully finished planes”.

Beijing’s commerce ministry today hit back, saying “many companies have been unable to carry out normal trade and investment activities” due to Trump’s tariffs.

“China is willing to continue to support the normal business cooperation between the two countries’ enterprises,” its spokesman said.

Beijing “hopes that the US can listen to the voices of enterprises and create a stable and predictable environment for their normal trade and investment activities,” they added.