The global economic and trade friction index remains at a high level in November 2025

On the morning of January 28th, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade held a press conference to announce the latest global economic and trade friction index. The data shows that the global economic and trade friction index will continue to be at a high level in November 2025.

From the comprehensive index, the global economic and trade friction index for November was 101, which is at a high level. The amount involved in global economic and trade friction measures increased by 7.2% year-on-year and decreased by 2.0% month on month. From the perspective of country indices, among the 20 countries (regions) within the monitoring scope, the European Union, the United States, and South Korea rank among the top three in terms of global economic and trade friction index.

Wang Wenshuai, spokesperson for the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, introduced that the European Union launched multiple anti subsidy and anti-dumping investigations in the same month, replacing the United States as the top global economic and trade friction measure with the highest amount of money involved for 16 consecutive months.

From the perspective of industry indices, among the 13 major industries within the monitoring scope, the conflict points of economic and trade friction measures are focused on the electronics, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries, with the electronics industry ranking first in terms of economic and trade friction index.