Blockchain technology and international trade : key features and impacts

Abstract EN

This study aims at define the concept of Blockchain technology, Its emergence and to what extent it is linked to digital currencies, especially Bitcoin, in addition to its applications in various fields such as: education, health, insurance.

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Accordingly, we focused mainly on the importance of using blockchain technology in the field of international trade and its effects on several aspects of the supply chain, financing.

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Thus, we concluded that the use of Blockchain technology in the field of international trade can effectively facilitate and reduce many processes and would help to track goods from production to final consumption.

This creates a sense of satisfaction for all participants.

However, the generalization of the application of Blockchain technology is not easy in the fact that it still faces many securities, economic and political challenges -which are interconnected- for the country or the company that adopts this technology.