Study On The Influence Of European Digital Trade Rules On German Digital Trade Flow

The Bureau of Economic Analysis(USBEA)under the United States Department of Commerce has identified digital trade as "digitalizable trade in services",which involves service departments closely related to information and communication technology(ICT)in cross-border trade,including patent and copyright services,insurance services,financial services,telecommunications computer services,and other commercial and technical services.Therefore,this article defines "digitized service trade" as digital trade.Currently,seeking the development of digital economy and digital trade is an inevitable choice for China to become a powerful country in world trade development and create a new situation of dual cycle development at home and abroad.At this time,clarifying the gap in digital governance between China and Western developed countries is the best way for China to build a solid foundation for the development of digital trade.Therefore,China needs to learn from the current international mainstream American and European digital trade rules to govern digital trade.Currently,the academic community mainly focuses on the study of American digital trade rules,while this article chooses to study European digital trade rules.Currently,the rule is widely used in EU countries,with Germany as the largest economy in the EU,Studying the issue of "whether and how European digital trade rules can promote and affect the development of German digital trade" can provide practical suggestions for China’s participation in international digital trade governance.While examining whether European digital trade rules can promote German digital trade,this article also attempts to construct a depth indicator of European digital trade rules between Germany and trading economies to further reflect the level of European digital trade rules signed between the two sides,thereby exploring the impact of European digital trade rules.Therefore,based on the panel data of Germany involving digital trade in services from 2000 to 2020,which is calculated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)database,this paper adopts the extended gravity model to explore the influence of European digital trade rules,and finds that European rules have a promoting effect on German bilateral digital trade.The higher the depth level of European rules,the more obvious the promoting effect.And the data open class rules of the promotion effect is stronger;Among different provisions and rules,"cross-border data free flow","personal data protection" and "source code protection" have more obvious promoting effects;In different sectors of German digital trade,"telecommunications,computer and information services","personal entertainment services" and "other business services" are most affected by European rules.European rules promote the digital trade between Germany and developed economies more than Germany and developing economies.European-style rules could boost German digital trade by reducing trade barriers;The wider the gap between Germany and the trading economies in terms of institutional supervision and network penetration,the signing of European rules is not conducive to the development of digital trade between the two sides.Finally,based on the above analysis,constructive suggestions are put forward for China’s participation in international digital trade governance from four aspects: construction of digital intellectual property system,strengthening the digital influence of "One Belt,One Road",construction of digital infrastructure and seeking a more "tolerant" digital governance system.