Digital Transformation and Global Trade
Şu kitabın bölümü:
Çifçi,
İ.
&
Özbek Çifçi,
R.
İ.
(eds.)
2025.
Dynamics of Global Trade: Evolution, Policy, and Transformation.
Özet
This study comprehensively examines the impact of digital transformation-and the blockchain, artificial intelligence, and big data analytics that drive it—on international trade. Global trade has developed and evolved in tandem with emerging technologies. Today, the trade model based on traditional physical borders has been replaced by the dematerialization of trade, the rise of trade in services, and the digital integration of Global Value Chains (GVCs). This study investigates the democratization opportunities created by e-commerce for SMEs, the phenomenon of micro-multinationalization, and the effects of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain on logistics efficiency and supply chains. Global digital transformation has created governance gaps within international regulatory frameworks. In particular, issues such as data localization policies, cybersecurity risks, and the taxation of digital services (OECD Pillar One/Two) have emerged as new areas of contention in global trade. By taking into account the global e-commerce volume reaching approximately $6.8 trillion as of 2024 and the 6.5% share of e-commerce in Türkiye's GDP, this study analyzes the macroeconomic dimensions reached by digital transformation. In this context, the implementation of international standardization and inclusive development policies is imperative to minimize the risk of the digital divide and to establish a sustainable global trade structure.
