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Ricardo, Ohlin and Heckscher — to mention a few founding fathers of international economics — would undoubtedly have approved of the creation of the European Community and the European Free Trade Association. Of course, customs unions and free trade areas are a second best solution, but they are at least a step towards the necessary international specialisation.
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J.K. Johansson, Robert S. Spich, ‘Trade Interdependence in the Pacific Rim Basin and the E.C.: A comperative Analysis’, Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume XX, No. 1, September 1981.
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van Marion, M.F. (1983). The Multinational and Integration: The Human Side of Economics. In: Saunders, C.T. (eds) Regional Integration in East and West. Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06071-9_9
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