Why is it so difficult? Trade liberalization under the Doha Agenda

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-366

  Martin, Will ^a   Messerlin, Patrick ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Diplomacy; Doha Development Agenda; GATT; International relations; Multilateral; Trade negotiations; Trading system; WTO

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GATT; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MULTILATERAL TRADE; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 35848954323     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grm026     Document Type: Article

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