China News Service, Beijing, May 29 (Reporter Yin Qianyun) The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade released the Global Economic and Trade Friction Index for March 2026 on the 29th. Among the 20 countries (regions) within the monitoring scope, the United States, India and the European Union rank among the top three in the global economic and trade friction index. The United States' global economic and trade friction measures involve the largest amount of money, ranking first in 11 of the past 12 months.
Data show that the global economic and trade friction index was 104 in March, which was at a high level. The amount involved in global economic and trade friction measures decreased by 29.1% year-on-year and increased by 2.8% month-on-month.
From the perspective of industry indexes, among the 13 major industries within the scope of monitoring, the conflict points of economic and trade friction measures focus on the electronics, chemical industry, transportation equipment and mechanical equipment industries, among which the electronics industry ranks first in the economic and trade friction index.
From the perspective of sub-indexes, the import and export restriction measures index ranks first among the five categories of sub-measure indexes. Wang Yifei, spokesperson of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that restrictive policy tools such as export controls focusing on technological competition are increasingly affecting global economic and trade exchanges and the stability and smoothness of global production and supply chains.
In terms of China-related economic and trade frictions, the China-related economic and trade friction index of 19 countries (regions) was 105, the same as last month. Among them, the United States has the highest China-related economic and trade friction index, and the China-related economic and trade friction index of the electronics industry, including routers, batteries, e-cigarettes and other products, is at a high level.
