China was targeted by a record number of trade disputes at the World Trade Organization last year as the country’s booming exports swamped international markets and triggered objections from its trading partners.
Beijing was the subject of 198 trade investigation cases at the WTO in 2024, double its tally the previous year and accounting for nearly half of all disputes lodged at the global trade body, according to research by Peking University economics professor Lu Feng.
Chinese policymakers have relied on a surge in exports to sustain growth in the world’s second-biggest economy and offset weak domestic demand amid a years-long property sector slowdown. The country’s global trade surplus reached a record of near $1tn in 2024.
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