Competitive Liberalization and the 'Global Europe' Services and Investment Agenda: Locating the Commercial Drivers of the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 250-266

  Heron, Tony ^a   Siles Brügge, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856698462     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2011.02220.x     Document Type: Article

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