Economic Integration: How close can sovereign states be?

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Economic Integration How close can sovereign
states be?

• Free Trade Area
• Custom Union
• Single Market
• Economic Union
• Sovereign State

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Levels of Economic Integration
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Regional Organizations

• European Union (EU) as an example
• How regional TREATIES reshaped war-torn Europe

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March 24, 2005 Houston
25 members, 450 million population
May 1, 2004
Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and
Slovenia
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European Economic Communities
EEC
European Coal and Steel Community 1951 European
Atomic Energy Community 1957 European Economic
Community 1957
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European Union
EU 1992
ECSC 1951 Rome Treaty 1957 Signal European Act
1986
Common Foreign Security Policy
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European Union
EU 1992
ECSC 1951 Rome Treaty 1957 Signal European Act
1986
Common Foreign Security Policy
Justice Home Affairs
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European Union
EU 1992
ECSC 1951 Rome Treaty 1957 Signal European Act
1986
Common Foreign Security Policy
Justice Home Affairs
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European Union
EU 2002
ECSC 1951 Rome Treaty 1957 Signal European Act
1986
Common Foreign Security Policy
Justice Home Affairs