Author(s)

Shuwen Xue ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ International Law, Northwest University of Political Science and Law, Xi'an, 710122, Shaanxi, China

Corresponding Author

Shuwen Xue

ABSTRACT

The vigorous development of the digital economy is profoundly reshaping the form and pattern of international trade and economy, giving rise to new types of international trade and economic relations such as cross-border data flow, digital service trade, and platform economy regulation, and posing a systematic challenge to the international economic law system centered on traditional goods trade. This article takes the core characteristics of the transformation of international trade and economy driven by the digital economy as the entry point, focuses on analyzing the core issues of international law theory that have emerged during the transformation process, such as the application predicament of the principle of national sovereignty, the expansion of the connotation of the principle of fairness and justice, and the fragmentation of international cooperation mechanisms, and explores the adjustment direction of international law theory in the field of international trade and economy in the digital economy era. Provide theoretical references for building an international economic and trade legal order that is compatible with the development of the digital economy.

KEYWORDS

Digital Economy International Law; Sovereignty Principle; Fairness and Justice; International Cooperation

CITE THIS PAPER

Shuwen Xue. Research on International Law Theory Issues of International Economic and Trade Transformation under the Background of Digital Economy. Science of Law Journal (2026) Vol. 5: 10-15. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.23977/law.2026.050102.

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