Trade rules, food security and the multilateral trade negotiations

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 511-535

  Matthews, Alan ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

agricultural trade; Doha Round; food security; WTO

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; CIVIL SOCIETY; FOOD SECURITY; MULTILATERAL TRADE; TRADE;

DOHA; QATAR;

EID: 84904108804     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbu017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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