Free trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific a decade on: Evaluating the past, looking to the future

International Relations of the Asia-Pacific

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-245

  Dent, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952596525     PISSN: 1470482X     EISSN: 14704838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/irap/lcp022     Document Type: Article

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