The Impact Of RTA Digital Rules On The Export Network Of Digital Service

With the deepening of the integration of digital technology and international trade,digital trade in the global rapid development of economic development as a new driving force.Global digital services exports reached $3.8 trillion in 2022,accounting for 54 percent of global services trade,according to the WTO report.At the same time,the development of digital trade has changed the way and content of trade,and started to impact the international trade rules system,each country tries to establish a regional digital trade rules system that can cater to its own interests,thus forming a good international political environment for the development of digital service trade.This paper studies the impact of digital trade rules in regional trade agreements on the export of digital services trade,so that China can build the international digital trade rules system in the future and enhance the competitiveness of digital services trade.Based on UNCTAD’s definition of trade in digital services,this paper includes six subcategories of Trade in services into the statistics of export flows of trade in digital services,these include personal,cultural and entertainment services,financial services,intellectual property fees,telecommunications,computer and information services,insurance and pension services,and other business services.Then select the services export flows from 20 exporting economies to 34 importing economies in2017-2020,as well as data on the depth of rules,differences in the overall market size of both sides of the trade,geographical distance,border boundaries and common language as variables data,using the social network analysis of QAP correlation analysis and QAP regression analysis of its regression analysis.The findings are as follows: first,the data-related provisions in the digital trade rules of regional trade agreements can significantly promote the export of digital services of the contracting parties.Second,although data-related provisions can significantly promote the development of digital services trade,but it has a different impact on different segments of digital services trade.Third,the greater the gap in overall market size between the partners of the regional trade agreements,and the more countries that share the same official language,the more likely it is that trade in digital services will occur.Based on the above research,this paper puts forward some suggestions: first,China should actively promote the construction of data-related rules and the corresponding legal supervision system under the premise of ensuring data security.Secondly,when China signs the regional trade agreement,it should formulate the relevant trade rules for each subsector of the digital service trade,so as to ensure the competitive advantage of our digital service trade in the international market,and promote the development of digital trade between China and other countries.Third,when signing regional trade agreements,China should fully take into account the interests of all countries and strengthen cooperation in all fields of digital services trade in line with the principle of openness,to create a favorable condition for the development of digital service trade in our country.