Foreign economic relations: features of international relations
Foreign economic relations, which arethe result of the division of labor on a global scale, represent a complex set of diverse forms, means, directions and methods of interstate exchange of material, financial and intellectual resources. This is perhaps the most difficult sphere of economic activity in any country.
From this it follows that active regulationthe state of this type of international relations is necessary not only to observe foreign economic interests and achieve political goals, but also to create and maintain the image of the country on the world stage. Foreign economic relations are defined and regulated by the corresponding policy of the state, which, as a rule, is directly dependent on the state of industrial production, balance of payments and natural resources available to the state.
To the most important directions and leversThe state control of trade international relations should include currency and export-import regulations, legal and legislative norms for conducting various operations in the field of international trade. The main coordinating and managing body in this area of interstate activities is the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations.
The decisive role in the improvement and dynamicthe development of international trade relations belongs to the economic infrastructure of the country, the subtleties of its economic specialization and the historically formed specific production skills of the population. Today, scientific achievements and technological progress have an increasing impact on foreign economic relations and their nature, which also contribute to a significant deepening of the gap dividing technologically highly developed states and the rest of the world.
The geopolitical position of the Russian statedue to the collapse of the Soviet Union has undergone significant changes, and we can even say: somewhat complicated. Foreign economic relations of Russia with the developed countries of the Western world became more complicated and ambiguous. And there are several reasons for this. Mainly, a negative role was played by numerous unprepared and non-oriented Russian producers, whose entry into the international arena did not contribute to the expansion and development of trade and economic relations with Western countries.
Also external economic relations of the Russian Federation and prestigethe country itself was significantly shaken by the weakening in the nineties of total state control over the conduct of export operations, as a result of which they acquired a chaotic speculative nature. All this took place against the backdrop of the unprecedented plundering of national natural and other resources, flooding the domestic market with substandard products from dubious foreign producers and huge flows of foreign exchange funds flowing into a variety of off-shores.
This could not but strike at the country's reputation as areliable, solid and rich business partner. But now the situation has improved significantly. There is a clearly pronounced tendency towards the progress of foreign economic relations. International trade and economic activity has become more open, orderly and legalized. In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, all subjects of the Federation, as well as some large domestic corporations have the right to conduct foreign economic operations.
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