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The BRICS’ Contributions to the Architecture and Norms of International Economic Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Sonia E. Rolland
Sonia E. Rolland*
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Northeastern University School of Law
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G20 and Beyond—The Influence of Emerging Countries on the Architecture of International Economic Law
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 107 , 2013 , pp. 164 - 170
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2014

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14 Brazil has RTAs with 47 countries, Russia with 12 countries, India with 53 countries, China with 20 countries, and South Africa with 16 countries. WTO, Participation in RTAs, http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicMaintainRTAHome.aspx.

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17 Current theoretical literature is also reflecting this reality and seeking alternatives to the universalist paradigm. See, e.g., Frank J. Garcia, Global Justice and International Economic Law—Three Takes (2013).