* US officials label China's export controls 'threat to global supply chains' * Ready to tariff China over Russian oil: US Treasury Secretary * Gold to reach $4,400 by 2025-end, says ANZ (Updates for Asia session open) By Ishaan Arora Oct 16 (Reuters) – Gold hit a record high on Thursday, rising for a fifth session, as investors ramped up their safe-haven bets amid rising trade tensions between the world's two largest economies, a U.S. federal government shutdown and heightened rate-cut bets. Spot gold was up 0.8% at an all-time peak of $4,241.77 per ounce, as of 0311 GMT. U.S. gold futures for December delivery gained 1.2% to $4,253.70. U.S. officials on Wednesday criticised China's expanded rare-earths export controls, describing them as a threat to global supply chains, while signalling

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