Beijing: Analysts say Australia faces a "lose, lose" situation as US President Donald Trump renews trade war threats with China, pushing Beijing to accept contracts with US food and energy suppliers that overlap significantly with Australia's traditional exports.

The White House on Tuesday abruptly set a June 15 deadline for naming a list of $US50 billion ($66 billion) in Chinese technology products to be hit with a 25 per cent tariff.

The tariffs would be imposed "shortly afterward".

Investment restrictions and export controls to prevent "Chinese persons and entities" gaining "industrially significant technology" would be announced on June 30, the White House said.