The free trade agreement as a form of integration on the example of the agreement of the European Union with South Korea

International trade cooperation as an objective and universal process of creating a sustainable and long-term trade relations is actively developing in the conditions of deepening and widening of integration generated by the processes of transnationalization and globalization. The integration process, taking place on two levels - global and regional, is characterized, on the one hand, the increasing intensity of international economic activity, and on the other, economic convergence, and then the interdependence of national economies on a regional basis.