The 2005 WTO arbitration and the new EU import regime for bananas: A cut too far?

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-484

  Anania, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACP countries; Bananas; European union; Trade preferences; WTO arbitration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846267719     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbl026     Document Type: Article

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