Transnational capital, the US state and latin American trade agreements

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1527-1544

  Cox, Ronald W ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INVESTMENT; MULTILATERAL TRADE; NAFTA; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149327313     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590802528598     Document Type: Article

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