The new trade politics and EU competition policy: Shopping for convergence and co-operation

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 867-886

  Damro, Chad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition policy; DG Competition; European Union; International convergence; Trade policy; Venue shopping

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746583163     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760600838565     Document Type: Article

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