International Trade

Types of Economic Integration

Economic integration can take many forms. The following table shows four common forms of integration and their characteristics.

(Click the question marks to see the characteristics)



 Free Trade
Area
Customs
Union
Common
Market
Economic
Union
Free trade among members?
Free trade with non-members?
If No to previous question, then: Independent
policy
Uniform
policy
  
Free Factor Mobility?
Unification and co-ordination of economies?


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