U.S.-Japan and U.S.-China trade conflict: Export growth, reciprocity, and the international trading system

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 669-687

  Bown, Chad P ^a,b   McCulloch, Rachel ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GATT; Reciprocity; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450242772     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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