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Services at the Core: The Missing Piece of Transatlantic Trade Talks?

Open Access
|Feb 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ie-2026-0010 | Journal eISSN: 1613-964X | Journal ISSN: 0020-5346
Language: English
Page range: 50 - 58
Published on: Feb 21, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
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