Common commercial policy

{{Short description|Type of economic policy}}

A common commercial policy involves several states coordinating some or all aspects of their trade policy.

It is sometimes agreed by treaty within a customs union.{{examples|date=August 2023}} In the case of the European Union, a form of the EU's common commercial policy has been in place since 1957.{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/archives/igc2000/geninfo/fact-sheets/fact-sheet6/index_en.htm|title=Archives - Intergovernemental Conference|website=ec.europa.eu}}

A common commercial policy is also an aim of Mercosur.{{cn|date=May 2018}}