PECULIARITIES OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ECONOMIC AND TRADE PARTS OF THE UKRAINE–EUROPEAN UNION ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT

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Urgency of the research. The declared European choice of Ukraine was marked by the signing of the Association Agreement, which initiated a new stage in development of the cooperation between Ukraine and the EU. Target setting. The success of socio-economic reforms in Ukraine largely depends on the implementation of the Association Agreement, which should become a key priority of the state policy of our country. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. The study of issues related to the Ukraine-European union association agreement is made in the works by I. Burakovskyi, V. Heyts, V. Savchenko, O. Shnyrkov and others. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. Despite the available scientific works, the question of the peculiarities of implementation of the Ukraine-European union association agreement provisions in the fields of economic and trade cooperation remains insufficiently studied. The research objective. The article is aimed at conducting an analysis of the general status of implementation of the economic and trade parts of the Ukraine-European union association agreement and justifying the ways of its provision. The statement of basic materials. The article defines the main elements of the economic and trade components of the Ukraine-European union association agreement. The general status of the implementation of the Ukraine-European union association agreement in the areas defined in Title V “Economic and Sector Cooperation” is analyzed. The opportunities opened for Ukraine by the Association Agreement and free trade with the EU are systematized. New challenges and risks that may arise in implementing its provisions are identified. The ways of ensuring the implementation of the Agreement are substantiated. Conclusions. The result of the study is the proposed ways to accelerate the implementation of the Association Agreement. Only in case of the practical fulfilment of all the components of the Association Agreement, Ukraine is able to get significant benefits from the integration with the EU.