Recent regional agreements: Why so many, why so much variance in form, why coming so fast, and where are they headed?

World Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 517-532

  Whalley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; REGIONAL TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE FLOW; TRADE RELATIONS; WORLD SYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41849142309     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2008.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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