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The 40th Pacific Economic Community Seminar
“The Impact of Digital Economy Transformations on Global Trade”
Organizer: Chinese Taipei Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (CTPECC)
November 21, 2025
Chinese Taipei
Program
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Friday, November 21, 2025 |
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| 08:30 - 08:50 | Registration |
| 08:50 - 09:05 | Opening Remarks
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| 09:00 - 09:10 | Group Photo |
| 09:10 -10:15 | Session 1: Adapting to a New Normal Through Regional Cooperation This session explores the challenges of the “new normal” and the profound changes impacting international economic and trade dynamics. Rising trends include the post-pandemic reconstruction of supply chains, the emergence of the low-touch economy and new models of global trade. In this tumultuous age, regional economic cooperation is more significant than ever. It serves as a gateway to risk diversification, greater supply chain resilience, and the implementation of synchronous policies and standard practices. Such cooperation ensures the secure cross-border flow of data and promotes open markets. By working together, nations can specialize and trade, achieving greater economies of scale, expediting digital and sustainable transformations, and enabling SMEs to become competitive on a global scale. Moderator:
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| 10:15 -10:25 | Q&A |
| 10:25-10:40 | Tea Break |
| 10:40 -11:45 | Session 2: Digital Transformation and the New Landscape of Global Trade: Opportunities and Challenges This session will focus on how digital technologies are transforming global trade processes, business models, and value chain configurations. Cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and others are streamlining trade processes, enhancing productivity and transparency, creating entirely new industries, and reshaping global value chains. The session will also examine how these developments are impacting cross-border e-commerce, shortening value chain response times, and expanding the participation of SMEs in global markets. Moderator
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| 11:45 - 12:00 | Q&A |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:05 | Session 3: Institutional Integration and Policy Coordination: Advancing Regional Economic Integration and Digital Standards Under the age of rapid digitalization, digital trade agreements are increasingly becoming an important tool for advancing regional economic integration. By establishing new standards and enhancing policy coordination, members can achieve greater uniformity and transparency in areas such as information exchange, digital signatures, and IT security. This, in turn, helps reduce the costs and uncertainties of international trade. This session will explore existing digital trade agreements and discuss how regulatory coordination can strengthen their implementation, thereby fostering more efficient regional economic and trade collaboration. Moderator:
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| 15:05 - 15:15 | Q&A |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Closing Remarks
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