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The deregulation of international trucking in the European Union: form and effect

✍ Scribed by Francine Lafontaine; Laura Malaguzzi Valeri

Publisher
Springer US
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
421 KB
Volume
35
Category
Article
ISSN
0922-680X

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