customs union
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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
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
However, he highlighted that Turkey, which is in a customs union with the bloc, was "seemingly benefiting and seeing growth in their economy".
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
There are no tariffs applied to trade between countries inside the customs union.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
The colonies of British Bechuanaland and Basutoland were now taken into the customs union existing between the Orange Free State and Cape Colony.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
