National climate change policies and WTO law: A case study of Germany's new policies

World Trade Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-187

  Dröge, Susanne ^a   Trabold, Harald ^a   Biermann, Frank ^b   Böhm, Frédéric ^c   Brohm, Rainer ^d  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Deutscher Bundstag   (Germany)

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EID: 85011492904     PISSN: 14747456     EISSN: 14753138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474745604001752     Document Type: Article

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