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Global Trade Digital Platform (GTDP) Officially Launched --Turkey Leads the Creation of a New Cross-Continent Trade Hub for Asia, Europe, and Africa, Reshaping the Future of Global Business

At this historic juncture where the global economic structure is undergoing in-depth restructuring and the multilateral trading system is in urgent need of upgrading, the "Global Trade Digital Platform" (GTDP), strategically led by the Government of the Republic of Turkey and jointly initiated by the Eurasian Foundation, has been officially released to the world. The platform aims to build an efficient, secure, and inclusive new-generation international trade infrastructure. It is committed to unblocking the commercial arteries spanning the continents of Asia, Europe, and Africa, and providing unprecedented certainty in cross-border transactions and liquidity support for global enterprises.

    As the first national-level digital trade project directly authorized by the Turkish government and supported by key ministries and commissions including the Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Agriculture, and securities regulatory authorities, GTDP not only undertakes Turkey’s geopolitical mission as the intersection of Asia, Europe, and Africa but also shoulders the strategic responsibility of promoting regional economic integration and bridging the supply-demand gap in emerging markets. With national credit as its cornerstone and driven by both physical logistics and financial settlement, the platform has created a new model where sovereign power deeply empowers the digital economy.

    Currently, the traditional international trade system is facing systemic bottlenecks such as high trust costs, delayed cross-border settlements, financing difficulties for small and medium-sized enterprises, and insufficient supply chain resilience. Especially in the "Seven Seas Region" including the Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean coast, billions of US dollars in real market demand have long been unable to be released due to inefficient mechanisms. GTDP is the ultimate solution to this structural contradiction. By establishing a standardized, digitalized, and full-process controllable trade operation system, it realizes the integrated closed-loop management from commodity right confirmation, quality certification, capital flow to terminal delivery, fundamentally resolving the core bottlenecks that hinder the smooth flow of global trade.

    In the first phase, the platform has built a strategic bonded hub and a digital trade center within Turkey. It also exclusively operates a dedicated air cargo corridor connecting Xinjiang, China, and the Anatolian Plateau, with a daily cargo capacity of 100 tons, ensuring the autonomy and timeliness of cross-border cargo flow. Meanwhile, relying on in-depth cooperation with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), commerce departments of key coastal provinces in China, and large industrial groups, GTDP has opened up an efficient channel for "Made in China" products to enter the global market, forming a complete value chain covering the production end, circulation end, and consumption end.

    More importantly, GTDP is not a service tool limited to a single country or region, but aims to build a global trade network radiating across Asia, Europe, and Africa. Leveraging Turkey’s unique geographical location and policy openness, the platform will gradually replicate its successful model to markets in the Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and North Africa, establish regional distribution centers, and attract local manufacturers, buyers, and financial institutions to join its ecosystem. Ultimately, it will form a global trade community driven by digital technology, endorsed by sovereign credit, and anchored in the real economy.

    According to the development plan, GTDP will complete the verification of the core business closed loop by 2025; by 2027, it will achieve a regional trade penetration rate of over 10% and strive for an annual transaction scale of 300 billion US dollars; by 2030, it aims to become a key infrastructure supporting trillion-dollar-level global trade flows and take the lead in formulating the next-generation international trade operation standards.

   "This is not a simple technological upgrade, but an institutional revolution led by sovereign states for the future," said the Chief Project Director of GTDP. "What we provide is not just another e-commerce platform, but a 'trade operating system' that allows enterprises around the world to do business with peace of mind. Here, whether you are a small exporter in Africa, a large retailer in Europe, or a manufacturing plant in Asia, you will have equal, transparent, and frictionless access to the global market."