EU sugar policy: An extraordinary story of continuity, but then change

Journal of World Trade

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 603-620

  Swinbank, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; FOOD POLICY; GATT; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; POLICY REFORM; PRICE DYNAMICS; SUGAR;

EID: 80054766450     PISSN: 10116702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.54648/trad2009024     Document Type: Article

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