Adjusting to liberalization: Tracing the impact of the WTO on the European textiles and chemicals industries

Business and Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Lawton, Thomas C ^a   McGuire, Steven M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemicals; European Union; Industry adjustment; Textiles; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944436083     PISSN: 14693569     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1097     Document Type: Review

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