as a consequence when such firms from larger domestic markets enter export markets they will be more competitive than competitors coming from smaller markets that have less access to information prior to entering foreign markets this can partly explain the dominance of chinese and us firms in digitalintensive sectors and it also suggests that there is potential for large developing economies to enter digitalintensive sectors as products are increasingly supplied digitally and gvcs possibly become shorter see section c c trade will rely less and less on roads ports airports or railways and this would counteract some of the competitiveness gains of highincome countries in digitalintensive sectors and tasks however section c c also discusses a scenario in which gvcs become longer