Interpreting WTO Agreements: Problems and Perspectives

Interpreting WTO Agreements: Problems and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-237

  Qureshi, Asif H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Quadrant Chambers ^*  (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511674488     Document Type: Book

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