African demands for Special and Differential Treatment in the Doha Round: An assessment and analysis

Development Policy Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-112

  Jensen, Michael Friis ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TRADE AGREEMENT; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 33846240749     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2007.00361.x     Document Type: Review

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