The EU regulatory trade agenda and the quest for WTO enforcement

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 851-866

  De Bièvre, Dirk ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doha Development Agenda; European trade policy; International regulation; Issue linkage; Judicialization; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746605605     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760600837443     Document Type: Article

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