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The Mandate of the ECB: Legal Considerations in the Ecb's Monetary Policy Strategy Review 欧洲央行的使命:欧洲央行货币政策战略评估中的法律考虑

LSN: Regional Arrangements (Topic) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3928298

M. Ioannidis, Sarah Jane Hlásková, C. Zilioli

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引用次数: 11

Modeling the Impact of Non-Tariff Barriers in Services on Intra-African Trade: Global Trade Analysis Project Model 服务业非关税壁垒对非洲内部贸易的影响建模:全球贸易分析项目模型

LSN: Regional Arrangements (Topic) Pub Date : 2021-04-20 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3854631

Amara Zongo, Lukman. O. Oyelami

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引用次数: 0

Towards an Analyses of the Mega-Politics Jurisprudence of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice 西共体共同体法院的大政治法理学分析

LSN: Regional Arrangements (Topic) Pub Date : 2020-06-26 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198868477.003.0005

Olabisi D. Akinkugbe

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引用次数: 3

Front-of-Pack Labelling and International Trade Law: Revisiting the Health Star Rating System 包装正面标签与国际贸易法:重新审视健康之星评级制度

LSN: Regional Arrangements (Topic) Pub Date : 2020-05-05 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3593822

J. Lai, Shmuel I. Becher

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引用次数: 1

Shared Obligations and the Responsibility of an International Organization and its Member States: The Case of EU Mixed Agreements 国际组织及其成员国的共同义务和责任:以欧盟混合协议为例

LSN: Regional Arrangements (Topic) Pub Date : 2020-04-15 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3576556

N. Nedeski

引用次数: 0

Dispute Settlement Under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement: A Preliminary Assessment 非洲大陆自由贸易区协定下的争端解决:初步评估

LSN: Regional Arrangements (Topic) Pub Date : 2019-06-13 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3403745

Olabisi D. Akinkugbe

引用次数: 4

Soft Law as Governing Law 软法作为支配法

LSN: Regional Arrangements (Topic) Pub Date : 2019-01-29 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3307418

S. Schwarcz

引用次数: 6

Heterogeneity of Financial Institutions in the Process of Economic and Monetary Integration in East Asia 东亚经济与货币一体化过程中金融机构的异质性

LSN: Regional Arrangements (Topic) Pub Date : 2018-10-18 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3269235

L. Alfieri

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引用次数: 4

Building Towards the RCEP? Reflections on the ASEAN-China FTA 构建RCEP?关于中国—东盟自由贸易协定的思考

LSN: Regional Arrangements (Topic) Pub Date : 2018-10-03 DOI: 10.1017/9781108563208.004

Heng Wang

引用次数: 4

NAFTA Chapter 19 Revisited: Red Line or Bargaining Chip? 重新审视北美自由贸易协定第19章:红线还是谈判筹码?

LSN: Regional Arrangements (Topic) Pub Date : 2018-09-02 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3243113

Dan Ciuriak

引用次数: 1