International methods of competitiveness evaluation of national economy in the context of economic safety

Abstract

The article deals with the methods of assessing the competitiveness of the national economy in the context of economic security. It is determined that consideration of competitive advantages and directions of their strengthening in determining the parameters of foreign trade security becomes the way of solving a set of problems, which are associated with improving the efficiency of foreign trade activities of the country. The combination of the tasks of development and security of foreign economic activity provides an opportunity to move through the continuous improvement and to achieve the targeted results to increase the competitiveness of the national economy, primarily on the basis of development of foreign trade cooperation.