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Comment (China suffered heavily from trade protectionism which has been rising after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, a Ministry of Commerce official said in Beijing Saturday.
MOC spokesman Yao Jian said that some countries and regions resorted to expanding exports to boost economic recovery after efforts to stimulate domestic demand failed, and even depreciated domestic currency and increased subsidies to raise competitiveness of domestics exports.
"Such moves lead to the rising trade protectionism," Yao told a forum on international trade development held in this northern port city neighboring Beijing.
Yao said 19 economies launched 88 probes into Chinese products in the first 9 months, involving 10.2 billion U.S. dollars of export goods. The two figures were 29 percent and 125 percent respectively higher than the same period last year.
The 88 probes against Chinese products included 57 cases of anti-dumping, nine cases of anti-subsidy, 15...
