“Digital trade” in this report mean

本报告中的“数字贸易”是指<br>通过互联网交付的产品和服务的美国国内贸易和国际贸易。<br>在过去的二十年中，数字贸易以指数形式增长，这是<br>与互联网相关的全球经济活动更广泛转型的一部分。实际上，<br>人们已经认识到，互联网对全球经济的影响甚至比<br>仅仅对生产和投资全球化的影响更为根本。1互联网已经改变并且将继续改变<br>人们的互动方式。消费者如何购物；产品和服务的设计，<br>开发，营销和交付方式；以及公司之间的运作和互动方式<br>。

“Digital trade” in this report means both U.S. domestic commerce and international trade<br>in products and services delivered via the Internet. Digital trade has grown exponentially<br>over the past two decades as part of the broader transformation in global economic<br>activity associated with the Internet. In fact, the impact of the Internet on the global<br>economy has been recognized as even more fundamental than that of the globalization of<br>production and investment alone. 1 The Internet has changed—and continues to change—<br>how people interact; how consumers shop; how products and services are designed,<br>developed, marketed, and delivered; and how firms operate and interact with one<br>another.

“Digital trade” in this report means both U.S. domestic commerce and international tradein products and services delivered via the Internet. Digital trade has grown exponentiallyover the past two decades as part of the broader transformation in global economicactivity associated with the Internet. In fact, the impact of the Internet on the globaleconomy has been recognized as even more fundamental than that of the globalization ofproduction and investment alone. 1 The Internet has changed—and continues to change—how people interact; how consumers shop; how products and services are designed,developed, marketed, and delivered; and how firms operate and interact with oneanother.<br>