Russia's Economic Interests in the System of Foreign Trade Relations with China

Abstract

Foreign trade relations between Russia and China are now evolving in fairly unusual difficult conditions. So, only over the past six years, many negative processes have been noted in the system of international commodity exchange that have influenced the dynamics of bilateral trade partners. The article analyzes the most relevant and important problems and trends that have manifested themselves in the foreign trade relations of the Russian Federation and China - two strategic partners - over the past six years (2013-2018). It reveals the main trends and development prospects in the positions of individual countries - members of the European Union in foreign trade with Russia. The article shows the dynamics in the main directions of Russia's foreign trade against the background of economic sanctions. It examines the dynamics of Russia's foreign trade with China, carries out an analysis of trade relations between Russia and China after the Ukrainian crisis. During the study, the article uses methods of comparative and statistical analysis.