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Definition of Customs union
1. Noun. An association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members.
Definition of Customs union
1. Noun. a type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Customs Union
Literary usage of Customs union
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"... not a customs' union (.Zollverein) ; but it was enough to frustrate the efforts
of the mid-German League, and to afford reasonable prospect of a closer ..."
2. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1898)
"I regarded a customs union as an impracticable Utopia on account of the ...
The commodities which formed the financial basis of the customs union in the ..."
3. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Proposal of an imperial customs union. — Another school of tariff reformers, led
by Joseph Chamberlain, accepts in general the views just indicated, ..."
4. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Proposal of an imperial customs union. — Another school of tariff reformers, led
by Joseph Chamberlain, accepts in general the views just indicated, ..."
5. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1904)
"It is not necessary for me here, even if there were space, to state the arguments
against the possibility of a perfect customs union embracing the whole ..."