customs union
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Brussels would be "open‑minded" about discussing closer trade ties with the UK, including the possibility of working together on a customs union, the European Commissioner for finance has told the BBC.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
A customs union would eliminate tariffs or taxes on some or all goods between the UK and the EU, reducing bureaucracy.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 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
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
But Pitt's Commercial Propositions of 1785 failed, partly, indeed, owing to political intrigues, but still more owing to the fundamental impossibility of securing an effective customs union without some form of political union.
From Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union by S. Rosenbaum
