Customs union and trade policy: two sides of the same policy that does not exist[Union douanière et politique commerciale : deux facettes d’une même politique qui n’existe pas]

The european economic news is marked by a protest (if not a revolt) from the agricultural world towards European policy and in particular with regard to trade agreements concluded or to be concluded which always include an agricultural component. In fact, and with regard to the activities initiated by the European Commission, we can wonder about a fundamental question: has management not become in itself a policy, instead of what public policies are? Three examples illustrate the complexities marking or striking the European customs area: a new reform of the Union's customs code, a highly uncertain case law from the Court of Justice, a problematization of trade agreements and in particular the errors of the agreement of trade and cooperation between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the origin of goods.