Studying the Phenomenon of Intrasectoral Trade as a Factor of Competitiveness of Country in Foreign Economic Relations

Abstract

The article aims to determine the sources of competitiveness of Ukraine’s national economy within the framework of preferential trade agreements, as well as comparison of the intrasectoral trade theory with the contemporary transformation of the conception of international economic relations. A review of the basic methods of calculation of indicators of efficiency of the country’s foreign economic operations and indices of the intrasectoral trade has been provided; the approaches to determination of factors of competitive advantages of the country in international trade have been allocated; the complex of contradictions of functioning of the global market which should be solved on the methodological level and which stimulate emergence of the newest economic theories of international trade has been substantiated; several provisions of modern economic theories have been clarified; an example of analytical assessing the structure of trading operations within the framework of macro integration associations has been provided; usage of advantages of intrasectoral trade in the process of elaborating an export activity strategy of Ukraine has been suggested.

Keywords

• intrasectoral trade
• international trade theories
• integration associations
• export strategy
• competitive advantages in foreign trade