The article defines the principles of regulating the legal status of subjects of foreign economic activity. It is emphasized that the principlesof foreign economic activity should also be applied in regulating the status of subjects of foreign economic activity. Based on theratio of the principles of foreign economic activity provided by the Law on Foreign Economic Activity and the Commercial Code ofUkraine, we believe that among the principles of foreign economic activity should be enshrined: the principle of freedom of its subjects tovoluntarily enter into foreign economic relations; the principle of legal equality and non-discrimination; the principle of protection of thenational producer; the principle of protection of the rights and interests of the subjects of foreign economic activity. Given the current trendsin legal regulation, economic and legal doctrine, we consider it appropriate to highlight the principles of legal regulation of foreign economicactivity: the principle of balancing the private interests of foreign economic entities of different residences and public interests of the countryof activity; the principle of taking into account the specifics of the field of foreign trade; the principle of differentiation of the legal regulationof the legal status of the subjects of foreign economic activity depending on the type of the subject of foreign economic ac tivity; the principleof state support for foreign trade entities that export finished products of domestic origin; the principle of transparency.Creating a basis for the legal status of subjects of foreign economic activity, the state must proceed from the principle of balanceof public and private interests in economic relations. After all, the legal status of a subject of foreign economic activity should allow itto satisfy its private interests without violating public ones. Therefore, the relevant principle should be defined among the principles ofregulating the legal status of subjects of foreign economic activity.