This Tuesday, March 12, at 2 p.m., the Center for Global Law and Development of FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP) will hold the meeting “The Role of China in the New Geo-economics: contexts and legal instruments”, with the presence of Henrique Choer Moraes, a professor at Instituto Rio Branco and career diplomat in the Diplomatic Planning Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Michael Ewing-Chow, associate professor at University of Singapore’s Law School; and Verônica Prates, government relations consultant and international trade expert at Consultoria BMJ.

The meeting, which will be hosted at the school’s main office (Rua Rocha, 233, Bela Vista, Sao Paulo/SP), is part of the research “Law and economic relations between Brazil and China: empirical evidence in contrast”, which is underway and supported by Sao Paulo Research Foundation – FAPESP (Financing Modality: Research Aid – Regular).

Global economic relations experienced significant changes in the shift from the 20^th to the 21^st century. On the one hand, there was an intense densification of the rules of the liberal system by means of agreements and international organizations that formed the chorus of regulatory trends. On the other hand, a radical destabilization of this system led to a fragmentation of the system in effect at the time and a proliferation of other regulatory frameworks, both national and global.

In this context, China has been one of the main drivers of these regulatory changes. “The rise in the Chinese economy has made political noise in the Global North and placed the Global South on alert. Research has sought to understand both the broader Chinese phenomenon and the details of the new legal and economic frameworks, both public and private, driven by China or presented as a reaction to China and its economic structures”, said Michelle Ratton Sanchez Badin, a professor from Direito SP’s Law and Development graduate program and coordinator of the research.

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