Trading with Intelligence: How AI Shapes and is Shaped by International Trade

This comprehensive report explores the dynamic interplay between artificial intelligence (AI) and international trade. It highlights AI's transformative potential to lower trade costs, enhance productivity, and reshape global trade patterns, while also addressing the challenges of regulatory fragmentation, ethical concerns, and the risk of an "AI divide." The analysis emphasizes AI's role in supply chain management, trade logistics, and services, as well as its impact on trade in technology-related products and data-driven goods. The report provides policy recommendations for leveraging AI responsibly, including fostering inclusivity, ensuring trustworthy AI, and promoting international regulatory alignment. It underscores the WTO's role in facilitating AI-related trade, addressing trade frictions, and fostering global convergence on AI governance.