Seeping in slowly: How human rights concerns are penetrating the WTO

World Trade Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-449

  Aaronson, Susan Ariel ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011480559     PISSN: 14747456     EISSN: 14753138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147474560700345X     Document Type: Article

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