Langhammer, Rolf J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2005
While the EU is a customs union in merchandise trade (goods), it has not yet reached this stage of integration in … national sovereignties in regulating service trade against other EU Member States also, the EU is not yet even a free trade … area. How far the EU is from a customs union in service trade is very difficult to assess because of the non …