Beijing asks WTO members to unite

China called for World Trade Organization members to oppose the US Section 301 trade sanction investigations, saying the unilateral action is detrimental to all parties.

The recent US move will not only impair the rights and interests of China and other WTO members, but it also seriously undermines the multilateral trading system, Chinese WTO Ambassador Zhang Xiangchen said at a recent WTO meeting in Geneva.

The comments came amid growing concern over the escalating trade tensions between the world's two largest economies.