Free to trade? Commission autonomy in the economic partnership agreement negotiations

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-223

  Elgström, Ole ^a   Larsén, Magdalena Frennhoff ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Centre for the Study of Democracy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACP countries; Cohesiveness; Commission autonomy; EPA negotiations; Member state control; Trade negotiations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649207568     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760903561674     Document Type: Article

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