Leadership in the WTO: Brazil, India and the Doha development agenda

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-293

  Efstathopoulos, Charalampos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84863634339     PISSN: 09557571     EISSN: 1474449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09557571.2012.678294     Document Type: Article

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