Author(s)

Yusheng Jiao

Corresponding Author

Yusheng Jiao

Abstract

With the rapid development of the world economy, the international trade pattern has undergone tremendous changes. In the process of continuous evolution, the world trade pattern has gradually developed from the traditional single-polarization centered on the United States to multi-polarization. From the hegemony of the United States to the formation of the tripartite momentum of the United States, Japan and Europe, and to today's multipolar pattern of the United States, Asia and Europe. The rapid rise of developing countries is one of the important manifestations of the multipolar pattern. With the rapid expansion of WTO members during this period, the content of consultation is also changing with the change of world trade pattern. This paper uses the social network analysis method and UCINET 6.0 as the analysis tool to analyze the changes of the trade pattern of the world's major economies from 2015 to 2017, in order to have a profound understanding of the evolution and differentiation of the international trade pattern.

Keywords

Social Network Analysis, Trade Pattern, Evolution and Differentiation