The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic that began in early 2020 quickly formed a global trend, bringing unprecedented shocks to many countries’ and even the global trade economy. Big data is the main feature of the Internet era, which has transformed the industrial development pattern of modern society and has now flourished in the field of trade economy; therefore, it is of great significance to apply the big data analysis technology to study the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the global trade economy. On the basis of summarizing and analyzing previous research works, this paper, expounded the research status and significance of the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the global trade economy, elaborated the development background, The study results of this paper provide a reference for further researches on the impact of the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the global trade economy based on big data analysis.