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social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > Treaty of Rome
social science subjects > economics > economic concepts > regional economic integration > Treaty of Rome

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Treaty of Rome  

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  • The Treaty of Rome is the multinational economic agreement that created the European Economic Community (EEC), the forerunner of the European Union (EU), in 1958. Following two years of negotiations that began in Messina, Italy, in 1955, the Treaty of Rome was signed on March 25, 1957, and came into effect on January 1, 1958. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Treaty of Rome]

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