The Social Construction of Free Trade - the European Union, Nafta, and Mercosur




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The Social Construction of Free Trade - The European Union, NAFTA, and Mercosur, by Francesco Duina, is reviewed.

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The Social Construction of Free Trade - the European Union, Nafta, and Mercosur

Duina, Francesco (2006): The Social Construction of Free Trade - The European Union, NAFTA, and Mercosur Princeton University Press, Princeton, 249 pp, ISBN0-691-12353-5, US$ 35.-

When on July 24, 2006 PASCAL LAMY, in his capacity as chairman of the Trade Negotiations Committee of the Doha Development Round, announced a temporary suspension of multilateral trade negotiations, many commentators and experts predicted a shift from multilateral to regional and bilateral trade negotiations. They were in little doubt that many trade ministers would become even more acti...

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