REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AS A MEANS OF IMPLEMENTING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Abstract

The development of economic cooperation and integration between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus can greatly contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A critical analysis of globalization and localization processes, taking into account external challenges, made it possible to assess the regulatory measures used by states to protect their own economic interests and identified the most common ones - subsidizing local producers and methods of tariff regulation. The tendencies causing uncertainty of the international relations at the present stage are shown. The article analyzes economic integration, reveals its economic, social and environmental essence within the framework of the concept of sustainable development, traces economic relations in various types of regional economic integration. Criteria are proposed for constructing a typology of regional integration unions based on the institutional and economic approach, taking into account evolutionary and territorial characteristics.