Never Too Late to Get Together Again : Turning the Czech and Slovak Customs Union into a Stepping Stone to EU Integration

Never Too Late to Get Together Again : Turning the Czech and Slovak Customs Union into a Stepping Stone to EU Integration

The Czech and Slovak Customs Union (CSCU), which came into effect in January 1993, differs from regular regional trading arrangements as its goal was to minimize the economic cost of a decline in economic ties between its members rather than to set...

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Main Authors: Kaminski, Bartlomiej, Javorcik, Beata
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCESSION COUNTRIES
ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
ANTIDUMPING
BARRIERS TO IMPORTS
BORDER BARRIERS
BORDER FORMALITIES
CAPITAL GOODS
CAPITAL-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES
CENTRAL PLANNING
CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES
COMMERCIAL POLICY
COMMODITY TRADE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX
COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVE POSITION
COMPETITIVENESS
CONCESSIONS
CONSUMER GOODS
CURRENCY
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
CUSTOMS CLEARANCE PROCEDURES
CUSTOMS POLICIES
CUSTOMS PROCEDURES
CUSTOMS UNION
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF LABOR
DOMESTIC PRODUCERS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES
EXPORT PERFORMANCE
EXPORT SHARE
EXPORT VALUE
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL IMPORTS
EXTERNAL TARIFF
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
FOREIGN INVESTOR
FOREIGN TRADE
FREE FLOW
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AREA
GROWTH RATES
HARMONIZATION
IMPORT DEMAND
IMPORT LICENSING
IMPORT SIDE
IMPORT TAXES
IMPORT VALUE
IMPORTS
INDUSTRY TRADE
INFLATION
INTEGRATED MARKET
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTEREST GROUPS
INTERNAL BORDERS
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET FORCES
MONETARY UNION
MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
MULTILATERAL TRADE
MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
MUTUAL TRADE
NATIONAL BORDERS
NATURAL RESOURCES
OUTSOURCING
PATTERN OF TRADE
POLICY-INDUCED INTEGRATION
PREFERENTIAL ACCESS
PREFERENTIAL PARTNERS
PREFERENTIAL TRADING
PREFERENTIAL TRADING AGREEMENTS
PRODUCERS
PRODUCT CATEGORIES
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PUBLIC INTEREST
PUBLIC SECURITY
QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
QUOTAS
REGIONAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS
REGULATORY REGIMES
RULES OF ORIGIN
SPECIALIZATION
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
TARIFF RATES
TAX RATES
TAX SYSTEM
TAXATION
TECHNICAL BARRIERS
TECHNICAL STANDARDS
TRADE
TRADE DATA
TRADE EXPANSION
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRADE PATTERN
TRADE PATTERNS
TRADE PERFORMANCE
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE REORIENTATION
TRADING PARTNER
TRADING PARTNERS
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSITIONAL PERIODS
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
UNSKILLED LABOR
URUGUAY ROUND
VALUE ADDED
VALUE OF EXPORTS
VALUE OF IMPORTS
WORLD EXPORTS
WTO EUROPEAN UNION
EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP
CUSTOMS UNIONS
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGULATORY STRUCTURE
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES
TRADE BARRIERS
INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
REGIONAL TRADE
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE PARTNERS
EUROPEAN UNION
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2126590/never-too-late-together-again-turning-czech-slovak-customs-union-stepping-stone-eu-integration
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19185

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2126590/never-too-late-together-again-turning-czech-slovak-customs-union-stepping-stone-eu-integration
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19185

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