A Theoretical and Statistical Analysis of International Business and Foreign Economic Activity of Ukraine

The research is aimed at the growing dependence of the national economy on external influences. The article raises the issue of creating a geoeconomic strategy for the development of the State as a full-fledged subject of world economic processes in order to increase multilateral cooperation and more sufficient participation in international and regional integration projects. In this regard, it becomes clear the need to carefully examine the features of conducting and managing international business, analyze foreign economic relations. International business can be defined as the commercial interaction of firms of different forms of ownership or their divisions located in different countries, the main purpose of which is to make a profit, taking advantage of international commercial operations. The development of international business and foreign economic activity of Ukraine with Asian countries are considered. The nature and prospects of development of foreign trade cooperation between Ukraine and several Asian countries are researched, its strategic priorities are substantiated and the place of the countries of the region in the geoeconomic strategy of the State is determined. At the present stage, economic relations between Ukraine and the countries of East Asia are being implemented through rather limited forms of cooperation that require greater diversification, symmetry and structural equilibrium. It is concluded that in the system of Ukraine's foreign economic priorities, cooperation with the countries of East Asia creates opportunities for diversification of foreign policy, intensification of cooperation with the definition of common goals and objectives of bilateral economic development. A strategic condition for further deepening of cooperation is mutual recognition at the official level of strategic partnership as an important element, which provides for the signing of additional bilateral agreements on additional conditions and principles of cooperation