The Customs Union Issue

Acknowledgements Preface by Gene Grossman Foreword by George A. Finch Introduction by Paul Oslington I. Introduction II. The Compatibility of with the Most-Favored-Nation Principle 1. The Criteria of a Customs Union 2. Diplomatic Controversies Arising out of Most-Favored-Nation obligations of Members of Unions 3. The Most-Favored-Nation Principle Not a Serious Barrier to Unions III. Exemption from Most-Favored-Nation Obligations of Preferential Arrangements other than 1. Imperial Preference 2. Regional Agreements 3. Plurilateral Agreements IV. The Economics of Unions 1. as an Approach to Free 2. and the Terms of Trade 3. Administrative Economies of 4. Revenue Duties 5. The of the Tariff 6. Increased Tariff Protection as the Major Economic Objective of Unions 7. Cartels in Relation to Unions 8. The Allocation of Revenues V. Political Aspects of Unions 1. The Location of Administrative Authority in Unions 2. and Neutrality Obligations 3. and Political Unification 4. The Austro-German Treaty of 1918 VI. The Havana Charter and 1. The Most-Favored-Nation Principle 2. Exemptions from Most-Favored-Nation Obligations of Unions, Free-Trade Areas, and Interim Agreements 3. Exemptions from Most-Favored-Nation Obligations of Agreements in the Interest of Economic Development, Including Regional Agreements 4. Relations with Non-Members 5. Significance of the Havana Charter for the Question VII. Prospects for Unions 1. Unions Now in Operation or in Active Process of Negotiation 2. in Western Europe 3. Obstacles to the Formation of Unions Bibliography Index