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This helps countries specially small and medium size countries which helps
countries to scale up from their small supply of capacity through regional
production networks to become more globally competitive
Spatial transformation
Second, when countries in the free trade area have different external tariffs,
imports will primarily enter in the free trade area through the country that has
the lowest external tariffs and trade restrictions. Thereby, causing other free
trade member countries to loose import businesses. This may eventually lead
to the creation of customs union
CUSTOMS UNION
COMMON MARKET
Within the common market, the free movement of labor and capital may
encourage member states to implement common social programs which
includes education, benefits of employee, retraining of employee, health care
of employee and their families and retirement programs and coordinated
macro-economic policies which includes similar fiscal and monetary policy
which led to the creation of single regional currency and an economic and
monetary union
COMMON UNION
Finally because of member of monetary and economic union will work closely
with each other, all businesses and major economic issues urge to have a
common defense and foreign policies may lead to the creation of a political
union.
While motives of countries may be similar, though not identical. the degree of
success of the integrated group depends on how well they implement the
agreed upon economic policies. The effect of region integration will depend
on the net impact of benefits and costs