China News Service, Beijing, August 29 (Reporter Li Xiaoyu) The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade announced on the 29th that the global economic and trade friction index showed that the global economic and trade friction index in the first five months of this year was generally higher than the level of the same period in 2021, and the range of products covered was greatly expanded.
Sun Xiao, spokesperson of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said at a press conference held on the same day that the global economic and trade friction index was 183 in May this year, which was at a high level, an increase of 13 points compared with April and an increase of 114 points compared with the same period of the previous year. Global economic and trade frictions continued to remain high.
Sun Xiao said that according to the global economic and trade friction index in the first five months, the game between the United States and Western countries and Russia is obvious, and gradually spread from import and export restrictions to other restrictive measures and import and export tariff measures.
Looking at different countries, the United States is the only economy that has always been at a high level and is basically at a high level year-on-year, indicating that the United States is the main manufacturer of global economic and trade frictions, and it is also the main factor affecting the situation of global economic and trade frictions.
China's economic and trade friction index continues to be at a low level, but the economic and trade friction index of various countries against China continues to be at a high level, indicating that China is the victim of global economic and trade frictions and faces a complex and severe external situation.
In terms of products, the scope of products covered by the global economic and trade friction measures has expanded significantly compared with the same period of the previous year, raising concerns about supply security, energy resource security and financial security.
Specifically, the focus of global economic and trade measures is mainly concentrated in two fields: one is related to high-tech products such as electrical machinery and electrical equipment and its parts, medical or surgical instruments and equipment, mechanical appliances and their parts, vehicles and their accessories; The second is the field of daily necessities involving agricultural and food products such as dairy products, eggs, and grains.
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