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Li Ting: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics on International Trade: A Study
on the Reshaping of the Global Value Chain and the Transformation of Trade Patterns

5.2 Outlook
Looking ahead, global trade will increasingly show the following trends: First,
regionalization and platformization coexist, and cross-border trade will transform
from globalization to "intelligent regional collaboration"; second, data and algorithms
will become new core comparative advantages. Whoever masters the intelligent
infrastructure will master the ticket to the global market; third, global rules are facing
pressure to reconstruct, and the integration of technology governance and trade
agreements will become a new focus of multilateral cooperation.

Therefore, AI is not a force to end globalization, but a technological foundation to
promote global trade into the "new globalization" stage. Only by working together in
terms of technological innovation, institutional collaboration and strategic response can
countries jointly build a smarter, fairer and more sustainable new global trade order.

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