Integration along the North–South Axis: Opportunities for Coupling

... blocs—both for other developing nations and for integrations formed by developed economies. Simultaneously, integration blocs of the Global North should be as open to mutual connections as platforms of the Global South. So far, such a connection is in evidence; ... ... Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity: America’s Answer to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership? India and South Africa may play an important role in developing the North–South ties and in the evolution of BRICS+ toward greater openness ...