Free-trade area

Équivalents : Zona de libre comercio
Zone de libre-échange
Domaine : Economy

Définition

A group of countries having removed duties and other trade barriers to almost all trade between them.

Description

"Unlike a customs union, each member [of a free-trade area] maintains its own commercial policy, including its own external tariff towards non-members of the group."
(International Labour Organization (ILO), ILOTERM, visited 2008-12-29)

Relations sémantiques

Hiérarchiques

INTEGRATED MARKET
Free-trade zone

Associatives

REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT
FREE TRADE
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