Singapore and the new regionalism: Bilateral trade linkages with Japan and the US

World Economy

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1325-1356

  Rajan, Ramkishen S ^a,b   Sen, Rahul ^c   Siregar, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Institute of Policy Studies   (Singapore)

^c National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REGIONALISM; TRADE AGREEMENT;

JAPAN; SINGAPORE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344688217     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-9701.2003.575.x     Document Type: Article

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