The regime currently operates a bloated, inefficient industrial sector to maintain employment, which is possible because the government derives most of its revenue from natural-resources trade (mainly refined Russian oil and domestic potash deposits) and transit fees for deliveries of Russian oil and natural gas to Europe. Yet now, Lukashenko wishes to harness entrepreneurship and foreign direct investment in a bid to modernize the economy.
“交易”的第一步将在今年展开。当局目前只能依赖国内臃肿而低效的工业来维持就业率，这大概是因为政府的大部分财政收入都是来自于自然资源贸易（主要是提炼俄罗斯原油以及国内的钾矿）以及将俄罗斯石油天然气输往欧洲的运费。如今卢卡申科寄望于利用民间创业和外国直接投资来实现经济现代化。