Comparative Study On The International Competitiveness Of Digital Service Trade Between China And The United State

At present,the rapid development of digital technology has profoundly changed the global trade mode and vigorously promoted the development process of global digital service trade.As the world’s largest digital trade power,the United States has an absolute leading position in the field of digital service trade.The international competitiveness of digital service trade is generally higher than that of China.Therefore,this paper aims to explore the international competitiveness of China-US digital service trade and its influencing factors,find out methods to improve the international competitiveness of China’s digital service trade,narrow the gap between digital service trade with the United States,and further build a strong country in digital service trade.Firstly,by combing the existing domestic and foreign literature,this paper defines the concepts of digital trade and digital service trade.The paper analyzes the development status of digital service trade between the two countries.Secondly,from the perspectives of the whole and different industries,by calculating the three indicators of international market share,competitive advantage index and display advantage index,the development trend of digital service trade between China and the United States and the competitiveness of related industries from 2012 to 2021 are comparatively studied.The results show that in terms of overall digital service trade,although there is a relatively large gap between China and the United States,the overall development trend is good.In terms of industries,China has a big gap between financial services and intellectual property use services and the United States,but it has certain advantages in telecommunications,computer and information services.Then,this paper improves the“diamond model” and uses principal component analysis and linear regression methods to empirically analyze the influencing factors of the development of digital service trade between China and the United States.The results show that fixed broadband subscriptions,per GDP,ICT service exports,FDI,and digital service trade openness all have a positive impact on the development of digital service trade between China and the United States,but the impact of R&D intensity varies between the two countries.Finally,based on the comparative analysis of the international competitiveness of the two countries and the empirical results,relevant conclusions are drawn,and relevant policy suggestions are put forward for the development of China’s digital service trade.