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An economic union is a type of trade bloc which is composed of a common market with a customs union. The participant countries have both common policies on product regulation, freedom of movement of goods, services and the factors of production (capital and labour) and a common external trade policy. When an economic union involves unifying currency it becomes a economic and monetary union. Purposes for establishing an economic union normally include increasing economic efficiency and establishing closer political and cultural ties between the member countries. Economic union is established through trade pact. ==List of economic unions== * European Union〔Economic union between all EU member states, but those of them inside the Eurozone are also part of an economic and monetary union.〕〔Established by the Treaty of Rome in force from 1958-1-1. (WT/REG138/2 )〕 * CARICOM Single Market and Economy〔Established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas in force from 1973-8-1 (WT/REG92/R/B/1 )〕 * Eurasian Economic Union * Mercosur〔(WT/COMTD/1/Add.17 )〕 * ''de facto'' Switzerland–Liechtenstein〔Common market in EFTA, Customs union since 1924.〕 Note: Every economic and monetary union includes an economic union. Additionally the autonomous and dependent territories, such as some of the EU member state special territories, are sometimes treated as separate customs territory from their mainland state or have varying arrangements of formal or de facto customs union, common market and currency union (or combinations thereof) with the mainland and in regards to third countries through the trade pacts signed by the mainland state.〔EU Overseas countries and some other territories participate partially in the EU single market per (part four of the Treaty Establishing the European Community ); Some EU Outermost regions and other territories use the Euro of the currency union, others are part of the customs union; some participate in both unions and some in neither. Territories of the United States, Australian External Territories and Realm of New Zealand territories share the currency and mostly also the market of their respective mainland state, but are generally not part of its customs territory.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Economic union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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