Business Chapter 26 Flashcards
Common market
A market where goods, Iabour and capital con move freely across the member states ; tariffs are generally removed and non-tariff barriers eliminated or of least reduced
Customs union
A union where member states remove all trade barriers between themselves and members adopt a common set of barriers against non-members
Economic and monetary union
On economic union that uses a common currency
Economic union
A type of trading bloc involving both a customs union and a common market
Free trade area ( FTA)
A region where member states remove en trade booniers between themselves, but each member state nevertheless keeps different barriers against non-member states
Recession
A les severe form of economic depression
Single market
A market where most trade barriers between members have been removed and common laws or policies aim to make the movement of goods and services, labour and capital between countries as easy as the movement within each country
Trading bloc
A group of countries that has signed a regional trade agreement to reduce or eliminate tariffs, quotas and other protectionist barriers between themselves