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Making Multi-Level Rules Work: Trade and Investment Rules in Regional and Bilateral Agreements

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Multilateralism, Regionalism and Bilateralism in Trade and Investment

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Woolcock, S., UNU-CRIS., LSE. (2007). Making Multi-Level Rules Work: Trade and Investment Rules in Regional and Bilateral Agreements. In: Lombaerde, P. (eds) Multilateralism, Regionalism and Bilateralism in Trade and Investment. United Nations University Series on Regionalism, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5951-3_3

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