Special and Differential Treatment in Agricultural Trade

Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Epps, Tracey D ^a   Trebilcock, Michael J ^a  

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Author keywords

Developing countries; Doha round; International trade; SDT policies; WTO system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920752794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195383614.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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