State media is declaring that China will win any trade war with the United States, after a tit-for-tat response by Beijing to new U.S. import tariffs.

The state's ruling communist party and state-run media outlets published a number of blistering editorials against the sweeping U.S. tariffs championed by President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE, who has claimed trade wars are "good" and "easy to win."

“Within 24 hours of the U.S. publishing its list, China drew its sword, and with the same strength and to the same scale, counterattacked quickly, fiercely and with determination,” read one editorial in the party's People's Daily newspaper on Thursday, according to Reuters.

The paper touted China's massive, quickly-growing consumer market, after Beijing announced $50 billion in retaliatory duties on U.S. imports, including 25 percent tariffs on airplanes, cars, soybeans and other key agricultural exports.

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The Xinhua news agency, meanwhile, wrote Wednesday that China "will not be afraid or back down if a trade war is unavoidable," and that the tariffs would cost the U.S. "dearly," Reuters reported.

Trump unveiled the tariffs in response to assessments that China's theft of American copyrights on intellectual property is costing the U.S. economy billions of dollars each year.

China also responded on Sunday to the Trump administration's imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports with duties on U.S. fruit and pork.

Many lawmakers have warned that Trump's long-promised trade protectionism would spark a global trade war that would ultimately hurt U.S. industries and workers, as ally nations in Europe and elsewhere threatened retaliatory measures.