On the European Union - Turkey Customs Union

After pursuing inward oriented development strategies for fifty years Turkey switched over to outward oriented policies in 1980. The policy of further opening up the economy was pursued with the aim of integrating into the world economy through close association with the European Union (EU). The European Union - Turkey customs union (CU) decision of 1995 extending to rules and disciplines on various regulatory border and behind-the-border policies covers in particular customs reform, technical barriers to trade, competition policy, intellectual property rights, and administrative procedures shall be studied in this paper.

CASE Network Studies and Analyses No. 426 by Sübidey Togan.

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