In defence of FTAs: From purity to pragmatism in East Asia

Pacific Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-26

  Desker, Barry ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

East Asia; Free trade agreement; Regionalism; Security policy; WTO

Indexed keywords

FREE TRADE AREA; REGIONAL TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 2342646917     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951274042000182393     Document Type: Article

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