economic union

The topic economic union is discussed in the following articles:


  • TITLE: customs union
    Other forms of economic integration include common markets, economic unions, and federations. Common markets allow free passage of labour, capital, and other productive resources by reducing or eliminating internal tariffs on goods and by creating a common set of external tariffs. Economic unions closely coordinate the national economic policies of their member countries. Federations (such as...

economic integration

  • TITLE: international trade
    SECTION: Forms of integration
  • TITLE: economic integration
    SECTION: Economic community or union

economic regionalism

  • TITLE: economic regionalism (international relations)
    ...A customs union creates a greater degree of integration through a common tariff on nonmembers, and a common market adds to these arrangements by allowing the free movement of capital and labour. An economic and currency union, which requires a high degree of political consensus between member states, aims at full economic integration through a common economic policy, a common currency, and the...


  • TITLE: tax law
    SECTION: Double taxation