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Since the seventies the existing order of international economic relations has been exposed to ever stronger pressures. Access to foreign markets must once again be regarded as a scarce commodity, since the far-reaching removal of tariff barriers has been more than compensated for by non-tariff restrictions.
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Minx, E.P.W. How can the crisis of liberalization trade be overcome?. Intereconomics 16, 130–136 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924747
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