China's new regional trade agreements

World Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1539-1557

  Antkiewicz, Agata ^a   Whalley, John ^b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE INNOVATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE POLICY;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILE; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; INDIA; MACAU; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745266124     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2005.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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