Sentence examples for customs agreements from inspiring English sources

Worldwide, there are 150 regional free-trade and customs agreements; the United States is a party to only three.

But this would stop Britain negotiating its own customs agreements with the rest of the EU, he says.

The young lawyer was not at work that day, but he had just finished a report on customs agreements between the EU and the developing world and wanted to show it to his team.

The European Union now has 29 free trade or special customs agreements, 22 of which it negotiated in the past decade, and is in the process of negotiating with 12 more countries.

This would obviously require more advanced forms of trade facilitation measures and customs agreements, but networked free ports would support more competitive supply chains, particularly if they enhance the complementarity of the trade relations they support.

But given that negotiations to leave the European Union are ongoing – and not going well – they lacked substance, simply creating the legislative framework for free trade with countries outside the EU, new customs agreements and the controversial Great Repeal Bill, which will convert European acquis into British law.

Until April 1, when the Russian government abruptly imposed a steep tariff on refined products for Kyrgyzstan, these exports were tariff-free under a customs agreement.

They include a requirement that Turkey sign a customs agreement that recognizes Cyprus "within the next few weeks" and a clause to stop the talks if Turkey persistently breached human rights or the rule of law.

Turkey, although obliged by the EU-Turkey customs union agreement and the additional protocol to the association agreement to lift its embargo against Cypriot-flagged ships, continues to refuse, thus hindering its own path to EU membership.

Turkey duly implemented the code in June and was also expected to extend the customs-union agreement, though without meeting Cypriot demands for access to Turkish ports and air space.

The 4% solution The shape of things to come Sources & acknowledgmentsReprintsLast year the EU declared itself ready to open negotiations with Turkey this coming October so long as Turkey met some last pre-conditions, mainly by bringing an amended penal code into force and extending its customs-union agreement with the EU to cover all the new members, including Cyprus.