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common market
noun
a group of countries imposing few or no duties on trade with one another and a common tariff on trade with other countries.
a name for the European Economic Community or European Union, used especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
singular proper noun: Common Market; noun: the Common Market
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I forgot you were probably about 2 when we joined, believe me it was referred to as the Common Market, then later on the EEC.
We joined in 73 had a referendum in 75 long before it mutated into the European Behemoth with mass powers in Brussels overriding sovereign ones.