How should policy-makers and companies react and plan in this rapidly changing landscape while ensuring technologies advance equality and inclusion in international trade?
With the rise of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies, the means to facilitate international trade are growing. Digitalization and advanced technologies have the potential to significantly reduce processing times and the cost of cross-border movements of goods, and further facilitate trade in services. Yet, as emerging technologies shape trade flows faster than trade policies can adapt, disruptions are expected to accelerate in the coming decades.
Recognizing the nexus between emerging technologies and international trade, the Digital Trade team has launched the TradeTech project to understand how 4IR technologies can facilitate global trade and develop forward-looking policy and business strategies.
This publication identifies the building blocks for TradeTech policy adoption: the 5 Gs of TradeTech. Trade agreements and plurilateral initiatives are exploring the interplay between tec...
This report aims to shed light on the landscape of emerging trade technologies and consider the opportunities and challenges for each, ranging from AI to IoT to 3D printing.
This White Paper provides guidance on how to deal with business and policy challenges as 3D printing (3DP) might revolutionize the way products are made and may provoke unintended consequ...
Trade costs – the costs of moving cargo from one country to another – are a leading constraint for companies wanting to engage in trade. The development of trade single windows, a one-sto...
TradeTech could overhaul and enhance how countries exchange goods and would benefit both businesses and consumers. But, for now, policy barriers remain.
Which technologies are most transformative for shock-proof trade?
These are the innovations that could make global trade more efficient, more inclusive, and less costly.
