The Trade-Labour Nexus: Global Value Chains and Labour Provisions in European Union Free Trade Agreements
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Labour Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1918-6711
DOI: 10.15173/glj.v9i3.3354