The main purpose of the article is a modern methodological approach to identifying and countering key negative factors that impede effective interaction between business and government in the region in the system of legal support for sustainable development. The object of the study is the business environment of Jordan and the features of its functioning in the context of sustainable development. The scientific task of the article is to form a modern approach to identifying and countering administrative and legal methods, and key obstacles in the system of interaction between business and government in the context of sustainable development. The research methodology involves the use of modern methods of structured Analysis, pairwise comparison and graphical modelling. As a result of the study, key problems were identified that impede an effective system of interaction between business and government in the region in the context of sustainable development. The innovativeness of the research results lies in the formation of a modern approach to identifying and countering the key problems of an effective system of interaction between business and government through legal support for sustainable development. The article is limited by taking into account the specifics of only one country. Prospects for further research are aimed at expanding the through legal support for sustainable development and taking into account more Middle Eastern countries.