Is Food Security a New Tariff? Explaining Changes in Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regulations by World Trade Organization Members
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Economy Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2194-5659,1553-5304
DOI: 10.1515/gej-2012-0025