Strengthening Supply Chains through Efficiency, Resilience, AI and Environmental Performance

Global supply chains are being reshaped by multiple forces, but two have systemic reach: the rapid uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) and the expansion of environmental requirements linked to market access. Addressing both depends on a shared foundation – digitalised, interoperable and trusted trade systems. This report examines how trade facilitation policies and tools enabled by AI and broader digital technologies can enhance supply chain resilience, efficiency and environmental performance, while effectively responding to new data and verification needs. Reaping the benefits of AI requires a functioning paperless trade environment with regulatory and technical interoperability at its core. Preconditions for this are high levels of digitisation and data standardisation, legal certainty for electronic transactions, and openness to cross-border data flows. Co-ordinated border management and enhanced international co-operation are critical to deploying digital and AI-enabled solutions that preserve efficiency while advancing resilient and environmentally performing supply chains.