Intraregional Trade: the Essence and Main Objectives on the Example of the EAEU

The study of the development of mutual (intraregional) trade in the member countries of integration associations has been significantly updated at the present time under the influence of a number of global trends – fragmentation, digitalization, the need to more actively ensure national economic interests. The purpose is to analyze the global experience of trade development within the framework of integration associations of various macroregions, and also, focusing on the EAEU, to explore mutual trade processes in the association in terms of factors influencing them, prospects and problems. The object of the study is problems in mutual trade within the EAEU in the context of growing global instability. The article analyzes analytical materials and objective statistical data on mutual trade in the EAEU area. The authors have identified key factors contributing to the expansion of trade in the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union. According to the authors, the study of intraregional trade and economic relations in the EAEU in the context of the growing instability of the global economy can play a significant practical role in terms of developing and implementing concepts for adapting integration and trade strategies to existing and emerging changes. The authors conclude that global instability has a disparate impact on regional mutual trade processes both in the world as a whole and within the EAEU, creating not only problems for integration trade, but also new development opportunities.