Trade tensions between China and the US have flared again. Photo: AP PHOTO

China has called President Donald Trump's latest US tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical and defended its curbs on exports of rare earths, but stopped short of imposing new levies on US products.

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The commerce ministry said in a statement on Sunday its export controls on rare-earth elements - which Trump on Friday called "surprising" and "very hostile" - followed a series of US measures since bilateral trade talks in Madrid last month.

Beijing cited the addition of Chinese companies to a US trade blacklist a

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