Dysfunction, Diversion, and the Debate Over Preferences

Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dunoff, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Preferences; Preferential treatment; Research agenda; Robert hudec

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195383614.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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