Trade policies in Central Asia after EU enlargement and before Russian WTO accession: Regionalism and integration into the world economy

Economic Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-58

  Pomfret, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Regionalism; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344379899     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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