China's Ministry of Commerce said both the country's domestic airlines and American aerospace firm Boeing were victims of US President Donald Trump's tariff hikes, a move analysts said was tacit confirmation Beijing does not blame the company for the White House's actions.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said Boeing (BA) should "default China" after the aerospace giant confirmed that customers in China had returned several of its aircraft orders in retaliation for new U.

President Donald Trump may not be engaging in formal talks with China to negotiate tariffs, but he was lobbing threats against the rival economic giant on social media. China's foreign ministry denied any suggestion it was involved in active negotiations with the Trump administration over tariffs,