The biosafety protocol: Multilateral agreement on protecting the environment or protectionist club?

Journal of World Trade

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-300

  Hobbs, Anna L ^a   Hobbs, Jill E ^b   Kerr, William A ^a,b  

^a Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MULTILATERAL TRADE; PROTECTIONISM; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 33644629543     PISSN: 10116702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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