A Study of the Global Trade Network of the Electronic Information Industry from a Value Added Perspective

Under the background of globalization, the connotation of trade network is expanding. Under the traditional method, the trade network constructed using trade volume cannot better reflect the actual profitability of international trade in electronic information industry, and ignores the impact of trade value added on the trade network. Therefore, from the perspective of value added, this paper adopts the complex network analysis method to study the overall characteristics, main node characteristics, and main cluster characteristics of the global electronic information industry value added trade network. The results show that China, the United States, Germany, India, the United Kingdom import and export value-added trade volume is in the forefront, and plays an important "bridge" role, is the most important economy in the trade network. The value-added trade network mainly consists of two clusters, namely the cluster of developed countries and emerging market economies represented by China, the United States, Japan, South Korea and other economies, and the cluster of relatively developed economies represented by Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom and France.