Emerging Powers in the International Economic Order

Sonia E. Rolland is a Professor of Law at School of Law, Northeastern University, Boston. She is the author of Development at the WTO (2012) and regularly acts as an expert for international and non-governmental organizations including the United Nations, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, and the India Institute of Foreign Trade. She has held appointments at Columbia University, Georgetown University and the University of Michigan. David M. Trubek is Voss-Bascom Professor of Law and Dean of International Studies Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Law School. He is a world renowned expert on law and development, with a regional focus on Latin America. He has published dozens of books and articles, including Law and the New Developmental State: The Brazilian Experience in Latin American Context (Cambridge, 2013) and World Trade and Investment Law Reimagined: A Progressive Agenda for an Inclusive Globalization (forthcoming).

• 1. Introduction; 2. Cooperation narratives and theoretical divergences; 3. Developing countries' love-hate relationship with neoliberalism; 4. Seeking a new balance of rights and obligations in international investment law; 5. Emerging economies, developmental strategies, and trade standards: the search for alternative space; 6. Emerging economies and the future of the global trade and investment regime.