WORLD IN BRIEF : EAST GERMANY : Community Plans Customs Union
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The European Community’s Executive Commission proposed to establish a customs union with East Germany pending that country’s inclusion in the 12-nation bloc. The proposal provides for “the establishment of a de facto customs union between the European Community” and East Germany in the period preceding unification, according to a statement issued in Brussels.
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