Impact of sanitary and phytosanitary standards on developing countries and the role of the SPS Agreement

Agribusiness

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-369

  Henson, Spencer ^a   Loader, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000947003     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199922)15:3<355::AID-AGR5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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