China has accused the United States of 'naked economic terrorism' today as Beijing stepped up the rhetoric in their tariff war.

But it turns out the Communist Party has been determined to ramp up the country's trade battle with Washington for more than a year.

A propaganda video from China revealed that Beijing vowed to 'fight until the end' and 'at all cost' from as early as last April when the trade war sprouted.

Earlier this month, U.S. president Trump issued orders to ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei from buying parts and technologies from American suppliers, which escalated the trade war

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet Trump at the G20 summit in Japan next month as the two countries lock horns in mounting political tensions over the trade war

'If the Americans want to fight, we will fight them till the end. And we will fight until the Pacific Ocean splits into two,' said a four-minute clip quoting a commentary from Global Times, a Chinese state-run newspaper.

The video was produced by an independent Chinese critic known by the screen name 'huoxing fangzhen' or 'Mars Phalanx'.

It was first published last May after Washington announced its plan to impose hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese good.

It is circulating again this week when the political tensions between the two countries have reached a new level.

The video's producer, Wang Dehua, is a special commentator of Global Times, according to his self-introduction on the state-censored video platform, Watemelon.

The Global Times commentary he cited was published on April 6 last year. The column blasted the Trump Administration by saying Beijing would fight the U.S. 'at all cost'.

'Indeed, we want this unprecedented "epic trade war" to reach all Americans,' it added.

The trade war could be traced back to 2017 when US President Donald Trump criticised China's 'unfair' trading practices and launched an investigation into the Chinese trade policies

Other articles from Chinese media have used propaganda posters and Chairman Mao's quotes to rallying public support and stir up nationalist sentiment for Beijing in the trade war. A Communist-style poster (left) said 'all trade wars are paper tigers', which Mao said in 1956

Chinese people are also rushing to buy £2 'Donald Trump toilet brushes' online to support Xi

China yesterday hinted that the trade war with the U.S. could lead to real war with a coded warning as it threatened to stop exporting essential 'rare earth' minerals - a group of 17 chemical elements used in hospital scanners, nuclear power stations and LED lights.

A commentary in People's Daily, the mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party, said 'Don't say we didn't warn you!' - which is a diplomatic term usually reserved by Beijing to signal the start of an armed warfare.

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

The Pentagon responded yesterday saying the U.S. Defense Department had submitted a report to Congress on rare earth minerals as Washington looks to reduce American reliance on China.

The trade war could be traced back to 2017 when US President Donald Trump criticised China's 'unfair' trading practices and launched an investigation into the Chinese trade policies.

It intensified earlier this month when the two sides failed to reach an agreement through negotiations.

'This premeditated instigation of a trade conflict is naked economic terrorism, economic chauvinism, and economic bullying,' China's vice foreign minister Zhang Hanhui said today, stressing that China opposes the systematic use of sanctions, tariffs and protectionism

Huawei is at the centre of the trade war after being slapped trade restrictions by Washington

Washington then more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese products and Beijing retaliated by imposing higher tariffs on $60 billion of US goods.

Trump also issued orders to ban Chinese telecom company Huawei from buying parts and technologies from American suppliers.

Then Google said it would stop providing Huawei with its license to use Android, the operating system that powers all smartphones made by the Chinese firm and its sub-brand Honor.

In a latest reaction from Beijing, China's vice foreign minister Zhang Hanhui said at a press briefing today that 'we are against the trade war, but we are not afraid of it'.

'This premeditated instigation of a trade conflict is naked economic terrorism, economic chauvinism, and economic bullying,' Zhang said, stressing that China opposes the systematic use of sanctions, tariffs and protectionism.

'There is no winner in a trade war,' he warned.

China is considering banning rare earths being exported to the U.S., a move which would hit the cost of everything from LED lightbulbs to phones. Pictured are samples of rare earth minerals (from left) Cerium Oxide, Bastnasite, Neodymium oxide and Lanthanum Carbonate

The United States replies heavily on China for rare earth products. Beijing accounted for 80 per cent of rare earth imports to Washington between 2014 and 2017. Estonia is the second largest rare earth exporter to the U.S., accounting for just six per cent of the overall volume

It's not just the politicians that have exchanged heated words.

An American presenter and a Chinese anchor last night engaged in a tense live TV debate over the trade war.

Trish Regan from Fox Business challenged Liu Xin from Chinese state-run CGTN: 'Do you believe a deal is possible?'

Ms Liu, speaking from her studio in Beijing, claimed that a deal would not be possible unless 'the United States treats the [Chinese] negotiating team with respect'.