Resource security: A new motivation for free trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific region

Pacific Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 429-453

  Wilson, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

free trade agreements; preferential trade agreements; resource security; Asia Pacific region; bilateralism

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; EXPORT; FREE TRADE; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 84866269002     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2012.685098     Document Type: Article

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