Politics of trade in the USA and in the Obama administration: Implications for Asian regionalism

Asian Economic Policy Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-243

  Barfield, Claude ^a  

^a AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

APT; Asian regionalism; KORUS FTA; Obama; Trans Pacific Partnership; US trade policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954186075     PISSN: 18328105     EISSN: 17483131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3131.2009.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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