African countries and the WTO's Dispute Settlement Mechanism

Development Policy Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-42

  Alavi, Amin ^a,b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPUTE RESOLUTION; MULTILATERAL TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846212180     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2007.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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