A strong regulatory framework can provide essential tools for remote transactions and improve trust in digital trade. Yet, regulations can also introduce restrictions that hamper the conditions for digital markets. Based on a database of 20 Middle East and North Africa countries and 20...

With the growing importance of the internet, digital trade, or electronic commerce, has become a key issue in international trade regulation. As the home to some of the largest internet companies in the world, the United States took the lead in bringing the issue into the WTO and has been the...

Objective: The objective of the article is to examine the impact of breakthrough innovations, which make up the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), on the volume and structure of international trade. Research Design & Methods: The article is based on available literature and online sources. It...

Seine riesigen Infrastrukturprojekte erstrecken sich inzwischen vom Meeresboden bis ins Weltall und von den Megastädten Afrikas bis ins ländliche Amerika. China ist dabei, die Welt zu vernetzen und die globale Ordnung neu zu gestalten. Der Kampf um die Zukunft ist eröffnet und verlangt von...

As digital trade expands worldwide, the importance of policy factors in digital trade is also garnering attention. However, the effectiveness of digital trade-related policies on digital trade flow is empirically under-investigated because of challenging data requirements. To overcome this, we...