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Will US-EU trade deal dissolve EU-Turkey customs union?

Turkey is questioning its participation in the EU Customs Union because a free trade agreement being negotiated between the European Union and the United States would open its markets to tariff-free US products while levies on Turkish exports to the United States would remain.

Mehmet Cetingulec
Mehmet Cetingulec
Nov 18, 2014
Renault cars produced in Turkey and awaiting export throughout Europe, are lined-up in front of ship containers in the port of Koper October 14, 2013. Automotive industry association ACEA said October 16, 2013, that new car registrations in Europe climbed 5.5 percent to 1.19 million vehicles in September, only the third month a gain was recorded in the past two years. But within the European Union, the level of demand was the second lowest on record for the month of September since it began tabulating resul
Renault cars produced in Turkey and awaiting export throughout Europe are lined up in front of ship containers in port, Oct. 14, 2013. — REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic

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