Policy dilemmas in Singapore's RTA strategy

Pacific Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-127

  Low, Linda ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Information communication technology; Knowledge based economy; Multilayered trade liberalization; New age bilateral trade arrangements; New globalization; Political economy

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; ECONOMIC POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0037227461     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951274032000043262     Document Type: Article

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