Outlines of structural transformations in international trade

Abstract

The article overviews structural shifts in international trade under globalization. Special
attention is paid to trade in hitech and intellectual goods and services, changing positions of
developed and developing countries in this trade, identifi cation of leading traders in innovation
segments of the world market. New statistical data enabled carrying out a detailed analysis of
the services trade by mode of supply and concluding that inclusion of the supplied services in total volumes via establishing commercial presence abroad (mode 3 in WTO terminology) causes qualitative change in the parameters of international exchange in services and selected countries’ participation in global trade. The ongoing transformations in developing and emerging markets are assessed with growing diversification of their development trajectories in terms of their impact on the international economics and global competition.