Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-11-2020
Keywords
South-South, Cooperation, Trade, Investment, Race, COVID-19
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the frailties of economic relations across different aspects of the globalized network. From the national, through the sub-regional, to the regional to the international levels, questions have arisen regarding the seemingly interconnected, yet fractured socio-economic relationships in our modern societies. In this essay we shall focus on the trade and investment dimension of South-South relations that have been affected by the pandemic. In doing so, we shall reveal the (often overlooked or taken for granted) linkages with race in South-South relations. We identify the way(s) in which the Covid-19 pandemic has made obvious the latent tensions, hostilities and structural inequalities that exist in South-South cooperation. We argue that three possible narratives may emerge in a post-COVID-19 era for South-South trade and investment cooperation and explore what each narrative might mean for the future of South-South relations.
Recommended Citation
Olabisi D Akinkugbe & Clair Gammage, "COVID-19 and South-South Trade & Investment Cooperation: Three Emerging Narratives" (11 May 2020), online (blog): AfronomicsLaw Blog < https://www.afronomicslaw.org/2020/05/11/covid-19-and-south-south-trade-investment-cooperation-three-emerging-narratives/ > [https://perma.cc/6RDK-NK3C].
