A Chinese state-run newspaper today accused the U.S. of being a threat to the world amid an intensifying trade war between Washington and Beijing and as Donald Trump arrived in Britain on a state visit.

The propaganda by Communist Party's mouthpiece People's Daily said the Trump administration tried to reply on hegemony to 'Make America Great Again'.

'[It] was not only a serious misjudgement, but also a serious threat to the peaceful development of the world,' wrote the piece published hours before Trump's Air Force One touched down in London.

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive in London today on a three-day state visit to the UK. A state-run newspaper in China blasted the U.S. trade policies as 'stupid' and 'twisted', and accused Washington of being a threat to the world hours earlier

The Chinese propaganda was published after Beijing yesterday released a white paper to clarify its standpoint on trade war. The report said the U.S. was to blame for the setbacks in the two countries' tariff negotiations. Chinese President Xi was pictured during a speech in April

The paper also accused that the U.S. trade policies were 'stupid' and 'twisted', and they 'brought dark clouds to the world economy'.

The commentary was published after Beijing released a white paper yesterday to clarify its standpoint on trade war talks.

The lengthy, 8,300-character report said the U.S. government was to blame for the setbacks in the two countries' tariff negotiations.

It said the U.S. side had gone back on their word while China had stuck to the principle of being fair and mutually beneficial from start to finish.

Before today's column, People's Daily had published a series of nine propaganda columns this month to declare Beijing as the destined winner of the trade war.

'America is bound to lose,' one of the columns wrote.

Beijing also accused Washington of reneging on their promise during the trade war talks. The two side failed to reach an agreement on tariffs earlier last month. Xi and Trump are pictured in their bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 1, 2018

The series accused Washington of being 'a bull in the china shop', and claimed if Washington insisted on its current path, there would be only one destination for it.

'That is to lose,' one of the lines said.

In a separate commentary earlier this week, People's Daily also used a coded warning to threaten the U.S. with a possible export ban of essential 'rare earth' minerals.

Rare earths are a group of 17 chemical elements used in the production of items such as hospital scanners, nuclear power stations and LED lights. They are also important to the American tech industries.

China accounted for 80 per cent of rare earth imports between 2014 and 2017 to the United States.

Washington claimed to have started to find ways to reduce American reliance on China in rare earth products.

Beijing imposed new tariffs on 5,410 American products on Saturday.

The tariffs, ranging from five percent to 25 per cent, impact various common items including condoms, perfume, wine, pianos, cordless phones, industrial robots, coffee and ovens.

The U.S. is the six most popular country of origin for wine in China after France, Australia, Chile, Italy and Spain. American wine products now face a hefty 25 per cent tariff in China

The hike came after Trump more than doubled punitive tariffs on $200 billion (£158 billion) in Chinese goods to 25 per cent, and launched the process to hit nearly all remaining imports from the Asian country.

The two nations, which are also the world's two largest economies, failed to reach an agreement during their trade talks earlier last month.

They have exchanged tariffs on $360 billion (£285 billion) in two-way trade so far.

U.S. President Trump and First Lady Melania will be in Britain from today to Wednesday on a long-awaited state visit.

Their packed timetable includes a meeting with the Queen today and talks with Prime Minister Theresa May tomorrow.

Trump and Melania will travel to the Republic of Ireland on after the UK state visit to hold a bilateral meeting with Irish Premier Leo Varadkar.