Economic and monetary union
| Trade Bloc Series |
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| Globalization |
| Trade bloc |
| Free trade area |
| Customs union |
| Common market |
| Economic and monetary union |
| Trade creation |
| Trade diversion |
| International trade |
An economic and monetary union is a single market with a common currency. It is to be distinguished from a mere currency union (e.g. the Latin Monetary Union in the 1800s), which does not involve a single market.
This is the fifth stage of economic intergration
The only economic and monetary union at present is the Eurozone. The Eurozone consists of the European Union member states that have completed the third stage of the EMU and have adopted the Euro.