Trading blocs and multilateralism in the world economy

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 264-279

  Michalak, Wieslaw ^a   Gibb, Richard ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalization; Multilateralism; Regionalism; Trade; Trading blocs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001400514     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.872053     Document Type: Article

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