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Trade Liberalization in Cotton and Sugar

Impacts on developing countries

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Agricultural Trade Liberalization and the Least Developed Countries

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Nassar, A. (2007). Trade Liberalization in Cotton and Sugar. In: Koning, N., Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (eds) Agricultural Trade Liberalization and the Least Developed Countries. Wageningen UR Frontis Series, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6080-9_6

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