Constructing China's digital trade rules is the key to China's participation in global digital trade and the driving force to promote coordinated and orderly global digital trade governance.The development process and current situation of China's digital trade rules are sorted out,and the RCEP,USMCA and DEPA are compared and analyzed from the perspectives of coverage,commitment level,and rule innovation.The main research conclusions are as follows:China's improvement of digital trade rules should be aimed at constructing and promoting open and inclusive rules as well as improving and upgrading the domestic regulations and existing rules,and drawing on the absorption of the relevant issues of USMCA and USP rules.On the basis of upholding the value of data sovereignty,China should reduce the cost of expanding overseas markets for Chinese digital enterprises by incorporating the USMCA's provisions on data flow and non-discriminatory treatment of digital products;It should promote the inclusive development of digital trade through the incorporation of DEPA's provisions on small and medium-sized enterprise co-operation and digital inclusiveness,so as to contribute to the development of the disadvantaged groups and the cause of poverty alleviation globally;And it should guide the digital transformation of domestic industries through the incorporation of DEPA's provisions on emerging trends and technologies.At the same time,the modularization agreement and non-binding rules should be used to promote the integration of global digital trade regulation,and make China's contribution to the governance framework of global digital trade rules.
digital trade ruleregional trade agreementRCEPUSMCADEPA