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From Closed to Open Regionalism in Central America: a Preliminary Assessment of the Proposed Belize-Guatemala Free Trade Agreement

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Pisani, M.J. (2007). From Closed to Open Regionalism in Central America: a Preliminary Assessment of the Proposed Belize-Guatemala Free Trade Agreement. In: Korres, G.M. (eds) Regionalisation, Growth, and Economic Integration. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1925-0_13

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