customs union

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A trade deal with the four South American countries that founded the Mercosur customs union is expected to start taking effect in the EU this spring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The EU earlier this month signed a free-trade agreement with the four South American countries that founded the Mercosur customs union, and last year it announced a trade and investment deal with Indonesia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

"We are better looking to the single market rather than the customs union for our further alignment," Sir Keir said.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

The plan worked better than expected, and what began in 1951 as a six-country European customs union covering coal and steel evolved over decades into the EU.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

This sentence makes it perfectly plain that a little later Germany intends to incorporate Rotterdam in her own customs union.

From The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon by Hillis, Newell Dwight