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He praises Jean Monnet's dream of Europe proceeding via tariff union through monetary union to political union, and says European leaders should make this a reality.
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Swaziland's government blames the financial woes on a drop in income from the Southern African Customs Union following a new tariff deal.
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In addition, World Bank research showed that some 62% of Chinese exports to America and 48% of exports to the European Union faced non-tariff barriers in 1993.
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And thus, because the European Union has insane trade and tariff policies, something that they would have liked to make in the UK is now assembled in China instead.
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Nor do they envisage a customs union, with a shared external tariff, since that would force either low- or high-tariff countries to make dramatic changes in economic policy.
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At the time, the GST union head blamed underpriced imports and sought a tariff on steel imports to bolster the U.S. steel industry.
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As a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, Senegal is working toward greater regional integration with a unified external tariff and a more stable monetary policy.
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Rich members also forced it to adopt a maximum agricultural tariff of 60%, even though America sometimes charges as much as 121%, and the European Union a formidable 252%.
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