CURRENT STATE OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE PROCESS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Purpose: identifying the current state of trade and economic cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union in the process of European integration. Methodology: system-structural approach, method of logical analysis, statistical method, graphical analysis, method of analogy, methods of observation and generalization, method of structuring. Results: the background and prospects for trade and economic cooperation between Ukraine and the EU strategic priorities are identified in the context of European integration based on the critical comprehension of European integration process and its actual results analysis. Practical implications: the investigation results can be applied in further research of Ukraine European integration problems and prospects as well as Ukraine further involvement to the global economic environment; in educational process including preparation of the relevant sections of textbooks and manuals for the course "European integration".