Initially created in 1834 to protect against post-Napoleonic British industries, it would later serve as a blueprint for the Benelux.  Focusing on internal free trade, member states ceded tariff and duties rights to the "Customs Congress", a central authority in which each state had a vote.  In 1867, the Congress was superseded by the Bundsrat, which came increasingly unde
Initially created in 1834 to protect against post-Napoleonic British industries, it would later serve as a blueprint for the Benelux.  Focusing on internal free trade, member states ceded tariff and duties rights to the "Customs Congress", a central authority in which each state had a vote.  In 1867, the Congress was superseded by the Bundsrat, which came increasingly under Prussian domination. FTP, identify this German Customs Union, whose policies paved the way for rapid economic development and were incorporated by the unified German Empire in 1871.
Initially created in 1834 to protect against post-Napoleonic British industries, it would later serve as a blueprint for the Benelux.  
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