New Protagonists in Global Economic Governance: Brazilian Agribusiness at the WTO

New Political Economy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 603-623

  Hopewell, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

agriculture; Brazil; emerging powers; G20; trade; World Trade Organization (WTO)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGROINDUSTRY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC POLICY; EXPORT; G-20 COUNTRY; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NEOLIBERALISM; TRADE POLICY; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

BRAZIL; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882713392     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2013.736957     Document Type: Article

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