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6 - About the Melting of Icebergs

Political and Economic Determinants of Dispute Initiation and Resolution in the WTO

from Part III - General Trends and Patterns in WTO Dispute Settlement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2017

By
Dirk De Bièvre ,
Arlo Poletti  and
Aydin Yildirim
Edited by
Manfred Elsig ,
Bernard Hoekman  and
Joost Pauwelyn
Manfred Elsig
Affiliation:
World Trade Institute, Universität Bern, Switzerland
Bernard Hoekman
Affiliation:
European University Institute, Florence
Joost Pauwelyn
Affiliation:
Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
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Assessing the World Trade Organization
Fit for Purpose?
 , pp. 120 - 146
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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