Washington disrupting global trade system

China has filed a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement mechanism following the US decision to raise the "reciprocal tariffs", the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced on Wednesday.

What's worse, on the same day US President Donald Trump raised the additional tariffs to 125 percent, hours after China took a countermeasure of an additional 84 percent duties on American goods.

The world is undergoing unprecedented changes, marked by a shift in the global power structure and a full-scale rewriting of international rules. The US has been ignoring established norms and making a mockery of the rule of law.