Trading Places: The New Dynamics of EU Trade Policy under the Treaty of Lisbon

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Economic Policy PaPEr SEriES 2010

Trading PlacES: ThE nEw dynamicS of EU

TradE Policy UndEr ThE TrEaTy of liSbon

JEnnifEr hillman and david KlEimann


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Economic Policy Paper Series

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