China retaliated against President Trump’s sweeping tariffs Wednesday by hiking its levies on US imports to a staggering 84%.

Beijing announced it would raise its previously announced 34% tariff to match Trump’s levy.

The move, which will go into effect Thursday, came just hours after Trump’s whopping 104% levy on China went into effect.

It came, too, as China’s commerce ministry vowed to “fight to the end” amid the escalating trade war with the US.

“If the US insists on further escalating its economic and trade restrictions, China has the firm will and abundant means to take necessary countermeasures and fight to the end,” the Ministry of Commerce said in a lengthy policy statement.

In announcing the move, China said it had added 12 US companies to its export control list and six to its unreliable entities list.

Companies added to the export control list include American Photonics and Novotech.

Exports of dual-use items to these companies will be banned.

Those added to the unreliable entities list, including Shield AI and Sierra Nevada Corporation, will be banned from China-related import and export activities and investing in China.

A defiant Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent quickly fired back, telling Fox Business Network the retaliatory tariffs were a losing proposition for Beijing.

“I think it’s unfortunate that the Chinese actually don’t want to come and negotiate, because they are the worst offenders in the international trading system,” Bessent said.

“They have the most imbalanced economy in the history of the modern world, and I can tell you that this escalation is a loser for them.”

Meanwhile, Trump bragged late Tuesday that countries had been “calling us up” ever since he announced he’d be slapping roughly 90 nations with sweeping tariffs.

“I’m telling you, these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass,” Trump told the National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner late Tuesday — just hours before the tariffs went into effect.

“They are. They are dying to make a deal. ‘Please, please, sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, sir!’” he said mockingly.

The president slapped China with the steepest duties on imports after Beijing struck back with retaliatory 34% tariffs on US goods in response to the 34% import fee Trump revealed last week. 

“It was a mistake for China to retaliate,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday.

“The president, when America is punched, he punches back harder. That’s why there will be 104% tariffs going into effect on China tonight at midnight.” 

Trump’s 50% retaliatory tariff on China is in addition to the 34% reciprocal levy and the previously imposed 20% duty on Chinese imports, which amounts to a 104% total tariff rate. 

The White House had no immediate comment on China’s latest retaliatory move.

With Post wires