International Desk : China on Monday said it "firmly opposes" other countries making trade deals with the United States at Beijing`s expense, warning it would take "countermeasures" against them.

While the rest of the world has been slapped with a blanket 10 percent tariff, China faces levies of up to 145 percent on many products. Beijing has responded with duties of 125 percent on US goods.

A number of countries are now engaged in negotiations with the United States to lower tariffs, parallel to Washington`s full trade war against top US economic rival China, reports AFP.

Beijing warned nations on Monday not to seek a deal with the United States that compromised its interests.

"Appeasement will not bring peace, and compromise will not be respected," a spokesperson for Beijing`s commerce ministry said in a statement.

"To seek one`s own temporary selfish interests at the expense of others` interests is to seek the skin of a tiger," Beijing said.

That approach, it warned, "will ultimately fail on both ends and harm others".

"China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China`s interests," the spokesperson said.

"If such a situation occurs, China will never accept it and will resolutely take reciprocal countermeasures," they added.