Comparative Analysis of Digital Trade Rules between China and the United States: Taking USMCA as an Example

Abstract

With the rapid development of digital economy, the rule setting and practice of China and the United States in the field of digital trade have become the focus of international attention. The coordination and cooperation of digital trade rules between China and the United States will definitely play a key role in the healthy development of the global digital trade. Taking USMCA as an example, this paper conducts an in-depth comparative analysis of the digital trade rules between China and the US, summarizes the differences between China and the US in the field of digital trade rules at the levels of national strategy, interest orientation, rule claims and dispute settlement mechanism, and puts forward policy suggestions on China's docking of international high-standard digital trade rules as well as how to construct a digital trade rules system with Chinese characteristics.