Economic Integration How close can sovereign states be

Economic Integration: How close can sovereign states be? Free Trade Area Custom Union Single Market Economic Union Sovereign State International & Foreign Law Search, Liu 1

Levels of Economic Integration International & Foreign Law Search, Liu 2

International & Foreign Law Search, Liu 3

Regional Organizations • European Union (EU) as an example – How regional TREATIES reshaped war-torn Europe International & Foreign Law Search, Liu 4

March 24, 2005 Houston 25 members, 450 million population May 1, 2004 Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia International & Foreign Law Search, Liu 5

European Economic Communities EEC European Coal and Steel Community 1951 European Atomic Energy Community 1957 European Economic Community 1957 International & Foreign Law Search, Liu 6

European Union EU 1992 ECSC 1951 Common Rome Treaty 1957 Foreign Signal European Act 1986 Security Policy International & Foreign Law Search, Liu 7

European Union EU 1992 ECSC 1951 Common Rome Treaty 1957 Foreign Signal European Act 1986 Security Justice & Home Affairs Policy International & Foreign Law Search, Liu 8

European Union EU 1992 ECSC 1951 Common Rome Treaty 1957 Foreign Signal European Act 1986 Security Justice & Home Affairs Policy International & Foreign Law Search, Liu 9

European Union EU 2002 ECSC 1951 Common Rome Treaty 1957 Foreign Signal European Act 1986 Security Justice & Home Affairs Policy International & Foreign Law Search, Liu 10