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Part I - Current Challenges in International Trade Dispute Settlement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2021

Manfred Elsig
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Universität Bern, Switzerland
Rodrigo Polanco
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Universität Bern, Switzerland
Peter van den Bossche
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Universität Bern, Switzerland
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International Economic Dispute Settlement
Demise or Transformation?
, pp. 45 - 188
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