customs union

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   an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members

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Questions about customs union

What does customs union mean?

customs union means "an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members".

Is customs union a common word?

customs union is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.