Electrical connector and usb type-c connector

An electrical connector, comprising:

• an insulative housing having a mating tongue protruding forwardly, the mating tongue having an upper surface and a lower surface oppositely arranged along its thickness direction;
• and
• a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, and arranged in rows along a transverse direction of the insulative housing;
• each contact having at least one contacting portion exposed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the mating tongue;
• wherein the contacts comprise a pair of grounding contacts disposed on both sides in the transverse direction, each grounding contact is integrally formed with a lateral protruding portion extending outwardly along the transverse direction towards an outer side of the mating tongue, and a pair of contacting portions opposite to each other, the pair of contacting portions of each grounding contact comprises a first contacting portion exposed on the upper surface of the mating tongue and a second contacting portion exposed on the lower surface of the mating tongue.