India, March 14 -- China on Friday slammed the US trade investigation aimed at 16 economies, describing it as a typical unilateralist act that severely disrupts the international economic and trade order.

In a statement, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said that a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel has long ruled that tariffs imposed based on Section 301 investigations violate WTO rules.

China has made its position clear on multiple occasions regarding the so-called "overcapacity" claim by the United States, the spokesperson said, noting that the world economy has long been an inseparable whole, with production and consumption being global in nature.

"There would be no cross-border trade if production in each country only meets domesti...