This morning, the China Council for the Promotion of Trade held a press conference to release the latest edition of global economic and trade friction data. The data showed that the global economic and trade friction index was high in June this year. Looking at the composite index, the global economic and trade friction index for June 2026 was 102, which is high. The amount involved in global economic and trade friction measures increased 2.4% year over year and 11.8% month on month. Looking at the national index, among the 20 countries covered by the monitoring, India, the US, and the European Union ranked in the top three in the global economic and trade friction index. Yang Fan, spokesman for the China Council for the Promotion of Trade, explained that the US continues to strengthen the use of trade protection tools such as unilateral sanctions, export controls, 232 tariffs, and 301 investigations, resulting in the amount of money involved in its global economic and trade friction measures continuing to rank first for 7 months. Looking at the industry index, among the 13 major industries within the scope of monitoring, the conflict points of economic and trade friction measures focus on the electronics, chemical, pharmaceutical, and mechanical equipment industries. Among them, the electronics industry has the highest economic and trade friction index.

This morning, the China Council for the Promotion of Trade held a press conference to release the latest edition of global economic and trade friction data. The data showed that the global economic and trade friction index was high in June this year. Looking at the composite index, the global economic and trade friction index for June 2026 was 102, which is high. The amount involved in global economic and trade friction measures increased 2.4% year over year and 11.8% month on month. Looking at the national index, among the 20 countries covered by the monitoring, India, the US, and the European Union ranked in the top three in the global economic and trade friction index. Yang Fan, spokesman for the China Council for the Promotion of Trade, explained that the US continues to strengthen the use of trade protection tools such as unilateral sanctions, export controls, 232 tariffs, and 301 investigations, resulting in the amount of money involved in its global economic and trade friction measures continuing to rank first for 7 months. Looking at the industry index, among the 13 major industries within the scope of monitoring, the conflict points of economic and trade friction measures focus on the electronics, chemical, pharmaceutical, and mechanical equipment industries. Among them, the electronics industry has the highest economic and trade friction index.