Trade facilitation and economic development: cooperation between Ukraine and the countries of North America

Abstract
The article substantiates the expediency of trade facilitation between Ukraine and the coun-tries of North America. This is a recent problem for Ukraine as the country affected by geopolitical risks. One of the solutions, needed in order to materialize the national economic interests and to de-fend the state sovereignty, is to enhance partnership with the countries of North America which are acknowledged leaders of the global economy. The purpose of this article is to justify recommenda-tions related to development and implementation of trade and economic cooperation between Ukraine and the countries of North America. The main issue is the development of cooperation un-der the protective trade policy of the USA and Canada. Using the GTAP model, the article provides several scenarios of trade and economic cooperation with the purpose of choosing the best one. The article also corroborates and offers focus areas and tools to improve trade relations between the countries. Straipsnyje įrodomas prekybos tarp Ukrainos ir Šiaurės Amerikos šalių tvarkos supapras-tinimo tikslingumas. Ši problema aktuali Ukrainai, nes ji susiduria su geopolitine rizika. Vienas iš sprendimų, reikalingų įgyvendinti nacionalinius ekonominius interesus ir palaikyti valstybės su-verenumą, yra stiprinti partnerystę su Šiaurės Amerikos šalimis kaip pripažintomis pasaulio ekonomikos lyderiais. Straipsnio tikslas – pagrįsti rekomendacijas dėl Ukrainos ir Šiaurės Amerikos šalių prekybos ekonominio bendradarbiavimo. Naudojant GTAP sistemą, straipsnyje modeliuo-jamos kelios prekybos ir ekonominio bendradarbiavimo galimybės, siekiant pasirinkti optima-liausią. Siūlomos kryptys ir priemonės prekybos santykiams tarp šalių tobulinti.
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Keywords
international trade, nontariff methods, tariff regulation, trade policy, trade and economic cooperation, GTAP, Ukraine, USA, Canada, countries of North America, tarptautinė prekyba, netarifiniai metodai, tarifų reguliavimas, prekybos politika, prekybos ir ekonominis bendradarbiavimas, GTAP, Ukraina, JAV, Kanada, Šiaurės Amerikos šalys
Citation
Yatsenko O. Trade facilitation and economic development: cooperation between Ukraine and the countries of North America [Electronic resource] / Olha Yatsenko, Kenneth C. Schneeberger, Tetiana Tananaiko // Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development : scientific journal / Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy ; [ed. board: V. Magnus (ed.-in-chief) et al.]. – Electronic text data. – Kaunas, 2018. – Vol. 40, № 1. – P. 103–117. – Title from screen. – Mode of access: http://mts.asu.lt/mtsrbid/article/view/1091.