General

Contemporary international trade innovation, as a product of a specific era in the 1990s, has a profound historical background and a strong realistic foundation for its formation. A comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the reasons and conditions for the formation of contemporary international trade innovation is conducive to grasping the development trend of contemporary international trade. The reasons for contemporary international trade innovation can be analyzed from the following aspects.

(1) The rapid transformation of the contemporary international political pattern has provided a very loose international political environment for contemporary international trade innovation. The history of international trade development clearly shows that there is a close correlation between the development of international trade and the international political environment. The period when the international political environment is healthy and stable is often the period when international trade is flourishing; the international political environment is turbulent, especially in the period of large-scale war, international trade will stagnate or even shrink. Therefore, a relaxed international political environment is a prerequisite for the development and innovation of international trade.

The "Cold War" international political pattern of confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union gradually formed after World War II has shrouded the entire world under the threat of political and military confrontation for a long time. The development of international economy and trade has undoubtedly been directly and indirectly affected and restricted by various aspects. With the sudden disintegration of the Soviet Union and the upheaval of Eastern European countries, the political pattern of the "Cold War" was finally broken. However, due to the "suddenness" of the breaking of the old international political pattern, a new international political pattern could not be formed. Therefore, the international political pattern appeared in a period of "no pattern" in which a new pattern was brewing and formed. During this period, the international political environment had an unprecedented relaxed state. The United States and other western developed countries have suddenly lost their political opponents, and their political nerves have never been loosened. International political contradictions and confrontations have been temporarily put on hold, and the theme of peace and development is more clear than ever before.

In this period of "no pattern", in order to rapidly expand their economic strength so as to be in a relatively favorable position in the new international political pattern in the future, countries have turned their attention to the development of economic and trade. In international bilateral and multilateral relations, economic and trade relations have gradually risen to the first place. In order to promote the rapid development of their own economies and maximize the benefits of foreign trade, all countries have adopted a series of guidelines, policies and measures to support and promote the development of foreign trade, and to improve and maintain the international trade system, law and order. Comprehensive and fruitful international cooperation and efforts have been carried out in other aspects. All these aspects drive and facilitate the formation and development of contemporary international trade innovations.

(2) The increasing interdependence of contemporary international economy provides a broad international economic stage and innovation pressure for contemporary international trade innovation. The development of contemporary world productivity promotes the process of socialization and internationalization of the global economy, social division of labor, and international division of labor. Increasingly developing in a broader and deeper direction, the entire international economy has increasingly become a closely linked and inseparable development system. This is the most striking feature of contemporary international economic development.

In the interdependent international economic environment, international trade plays an extremely important role.

First of all, international trade has a connecting function. The international economy has been linked by trade ties from the very beginning. It is precisely because of the existence and play of the special bridge role of international trade that the entire international economy is condensed into a whole.

Second, international trade has a penetrating effect. It further integrates various components and fields of the entire international economy into an organic development system through the comprehensive penetration of trade and other international economic activities related to trade to the international economy.

Thirdly, international trade also plays a guiding role. Trade is often the precursor to the development of bilateral or multilateral economic relations. The healthy development of trade relations can always promote the overall development of bilateral or multilateral economic relations, including other political and cultural relations. This enables an interdependent international economy to be built on a deeper social foundation.

Finally, international trade also plays a supporting role. The auxiliary effect of foreign trade on a country's domestic economic development is actually also reflected in the assistance of foreign trade to a country's integration into the international economic system on a larger scale and to a greater extent. This dual auxiliary role is an important source of power for the international economic interdependence system.

However, with the large-scale changes in the international political and economic environment, the interdependence of the contemporary international economy has undergone profound changes both in its foundation and in its manifestations. From a basic point of view, the foundation of a single political alliance is transitioning to a multi-basis dominated by geo-economic alliances.