Russian accession to the WTO: An assessment

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-319

  Tarr, David ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural subsidies; China's WTO membership; Import tariffs; Jackson Vanik; Russia; Russian banking; Russian economy; Russian American trade; World Trade Organization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BANKING; EXPORT; IMPORT; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE REFORM; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 34547161356     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.48.3.306     Document Type: Article

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