Resisting Protectionism after the Crisis: Strategic Economic Discourse and the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement

New Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 627-653

  Siles Brügge, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

constructivism; European Union; neoliberalism; protectionism; strategic discourse; trade

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FREE TRADE; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; PROTECTIONISM; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84859035768     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2011.602187     Document Type: Article

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