Implementation and imbalance: Dealing with hangover from the Uruguay Round

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 440-460

  Finger, J Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Developing countries; Doha negotiations; Implementation; Special and differential treatment; Uruguay Round; WTO

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL SYSTEM; MULTILATERAL TRADE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TRADE POLICY; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 35848950033     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grm020     Document Type: Article

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