Restructuring the eu-acp sugar regime: Out of the strong there came forth sweetness

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 673-697

  Richardson, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACP; Capital accumulation; Development; Eupreferential trade; Sugar; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949122547     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290802529751     Document Type: Article

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