Controlling trade in electronic waste: An analysis of international agreements and national trade policies in Asia

E-Waste Management: From Waste to Resource

Volumn 9780203116456, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-188

  Aoki Suzuki, Chika ^a   Bengtsson, Magnus ^a   Hotta, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

TRADE POLICIES;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84917380060     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203116456     Document Type: Chapter

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