The political economy of the new Asia-Pacific bilateralism: Benign, banal, or simply bad?

Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific: Origins, Evolution, and Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 27-49

  Ravenhill, John ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84920759450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315020976     Document Type: Chapter

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