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Part I - Process: NAFTA and NAAEC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2015

Hoi L. Kong
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McGill University, Faculty of Law
L. Kinvin Wroth
Affiliation:
Vermont Law School
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NAFTA and Sustainable Development
History, Experience, and Prospects for Reform
, pp. 13 - 146
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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