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North American Trade: Growth with Strings?

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Trade measures more than transactional volumes and values. It informs us of the nature of the relationship between partners.

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Hussain, I., Dominguez, R. (2015). North American Trade: Growth with Strings?. In: North American Regionalism and Global Spread. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137493347_2

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