BRICS+2.0: Integration Reloaded

... launching of the RCEP project led by China and the ASEAN economies The launching of the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) BRICS+ summit in South Africa, with invitees being representatives of regional blocs from the Global South The signing of a memorandum on understanding between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and MERCOSUR (in 2018) as well as between the EAEU and ASEAN (2018) The creation of regional centers of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) in South Africa, Brazil and Russia. Approval of the expansion in the membership of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) to include Bangladesh and Uruguay ...