China in global digital trade governance: towards a development-oriented agenda?
Existing literature on the behaviour of rising powers in global trade governance has yielded inconclusive evidence about their role and impact. This article contributes to this literature by examining China's role in global digital trade governance, an issue area which so far has not received suffic...
| Publicado en: | International Affairs Vol. 100; no. 5; pp. 2195 - 2216 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Sep2024
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