Global economic crisis: Boon or bust for East Asian trade integration?

Pacific Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 311-336

  Solís, Mireya ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East asia; Free trade agreements; Global financial crisis; Protectionism; Trade integration

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FREE TRADE; GLOBAL ECONOMY; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; PROTECTIONISM; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY;

FAR EAST;

EID: 79960663015     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2011.577232     Document Type: Article

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