But why would they do that? European external governance and the domestic preferences of rule importers

Journal of Contemporary European Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 470-489

  Rousselin, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; EU China relations; European external governance; Europeanization: rule transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873053468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1815347X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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