BRICS, Trump and tariff
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India is trying to shield itself from President Donald Trump’s backlash against BRICS by stressing it has no plans to challenge the US dollar’s global dominance, according to people familiar with the matter.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that BRICS was not an anti-American group and that it will not listen to "language of threats and manipulation".
President Bola Tinubu has departed Rio De Janeiro after attending the 2025 BRICS Summit hosted by Brazil. The presidential 001 flight took off from the Galeao Airforce Base, Rio De Janeiro, at about one 12:50pm Brazilian time.
At their latest summit in Brazil, the BRICS nations once again portrayed themselves as an emerging geopolitical heavyweight. Yet the internal contradictions within this expanding group remain plain to see.
Both Jakarta and Hanoi seek to preserve strategic autonomy while navigating an increasingly polarized international environment. BRICS may offer a third path.
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The alliance of emerging economies hopes to offer a counterweight to the United States and other Western powers. But military strikes on Iran are testing its unity.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that the BRICS group is not an anti-American group and that it will not listen to "language of threats and manipulation".
As the global economy transitions toward green technologies, the demand for critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements has surged, reshaping geopolitical and economic alignments.