TRADE RELATIONS OF UKRAINE AND EUROPEAN UNION: EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ASPECT

The article discovers the main aspects of trade cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union within the context of European integration of Ukraine. Export and import of goods and services between Ukraine and the European Union is analyzed. The geographic structure of bilateral trade is represented. Major trading partners of Ukraine among the European Union Member States are described. The article highlights main trends in bilateral trade and economic relations between Ukraine and the European Union in recessionary tendencies prevailing in socio-economic and political life of Ukraine and possible methods of solution in short and long terms.