Small states and the politics of multilateral trade liberalization

Round Table

Volumn 97, Issue 395, 2008, Pages 243-257

  Heron, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multifibre arrangement; Preferential trade; Small states; Textiles and clothing; Trade liberalization; World trade organization

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPORT; MULTIFIBER ARRANGEMENT; MULTILATERAL TRADE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SMALL ISLAND STATE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE REFORM;

EID: 42449099925     PISSN: 00358533     EISSN: 1474029X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00358530801962063     Document Type: Article

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