The book: The Customs Union: The Reality of the Trade System and the Tendencies of Economic Integration Author: Atef William Andrews Year of Publication: 2017 Specialization: Economics Publishing House: University Thought House About the book: This author deals with explanation and analysis of one of the important topics related to the economics of economic integration, which is customs unions. Within the framework of the development of the international trading system, the pillars of which were completed with the establishment of the World Trade Organization and its agreements with the end of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations. Although the development of the international trade system has already been accompanied by an almost complete liberalization of international trade, this liberalization has been accompanied by a growing phenomenon represented in the increasing tendencies towards economic integration and what is called regionalism, of which customs unions are considered one of its basic features.
