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    I'm going to say: yes, it does bring that requirement. 6 months ago I would've said 'beyond a shadow of a doubt'; now I've slipped to 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. I wasn't aware, back then, that the DDR was apparently allowed to trade "locally" with the then West Germany as if it was in The Customs Union but without free movement. Mr Barrington also caught me out on places like the Channel Islands. So I'm not 100% positive, but I'd still wager a modest sum on 'yes'.

    Note that either Customs Union means a common (protective) external tariff, whereas a Free Trade Agreement does not. The EFTA States, for example, are not obliged by their FTA with the EU to copy the EU's tariff barrier on imports of, say, Israeli oranges, and of course there is no Scandinavian orange-growing industry to protect.

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