[China Council for the Promotion of International Trade: The global economic and trade friction index continued to be at a high level in July] September 29th, this morning, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade released the latest global economic and trade friction index. The data showed that the global economic and trade friction index continued to be at a high level in July. Judging from the comprehensive index, the global economic and trade friction index in July 2026 was 101, which is at a high level. The amount involved in global economic and trade friction measures dropped by 18.7% year-on-year and 2.2% month-on-month. This was mainly due to the intensive release of import and export tariff measures by the United States, the European Union, and India during the same period last year, which pushed up the index; in June this year, 68 trade remedy investigations were launched globally, while in July this dropped to 17. (CCTV News)