As US President Donald Trump completed 100 days of his second term, China rebuked the American leader's trade war in a fiery video declaring it will "never kneel down" to his trade policies.

China on Monday said it was on the right side of history in its gruelling trade war with the United States. Recall that the US President Donald Trump, since returning to the presidency in January, has imposed 10 per cent tariffs on most US trading partners and a separate 145 per cent levy on many products from China.

A top Chinese economic official on Monday said Beijing was on the "right side of history" in its gruelling trade war with the United States. Speaking in Beijing at a news conference at which officials vowed greater steps to shield China's flagging economy from the impact of the standoff,