Digital Trade and Cross-Border Economic Transformation in the Digital Economy
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https://doi.org/10.54518/ibr.2.1.2024.1239Keywords:
Cross-Border Commerce, Digital Economy, Digital Trade, Global Economic Integration, Platform EconomyAbstract
The rapid expansion of digital economies has significantly transformed international trade systems, cross-border commercial interaction, and globally integrated marketplace participation within contemporary economic environments. Digital technologies increasingly influence how enterprises, consumers, and institutions engage in digitally mediated commerce, platform-based transactions, and internationally connected trade systems. The findings indicate that digital trade contributes positively to global economic integration, cross-border e-commerce expansion, platform-mediated commercial coordination, and internationally connected market participation. In addition, digitally integrated trade systems support enterprise transformation, trade efficiency improvement, and digitally coordinated commercial ecosystems within global digital economies. However, the review also identifies significant capability and governance challenges affecting inclusive participation within digital trade systems, including unequal infrastructure readiness, regulatory fragmentation, digital capability disparities, and participation inequality across economies and enterprises.
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