US EditionBRICS Group Condemns Increase of Tariffs in Summit
- The 17th BRICS summit took place in Rio de Janeiro on July 6 and 7, 2025, with key leaders absent including Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
- The summit followed steady expansion of BRICS from five to 11 members since 2023, adding countries like Indonesia, Iran, and Egypt amidst ongoing global tensions.
- The delegates issued a joint declaration condemning the rise of tariffs inconsistent with WTO rules and criticized attacks on Iran without naming the US or Israel.
- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva highlighted the importance of artificial intelligence and climate change, noting that funding has historically favored war over peace.
- The summit highlighted internal divisions, refrained from harsh criticism of Russia, and suggested the bloc seeks to act as a counterweight to the G7 group.
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Growing pains evident at BRICS summit
This weekend’s BRICS summit in Brazil put a spotlight on the growing internal divisions within the bloc of developing nations.About half of the group’s leaders, including China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, didn’t attend the gathering. While BRICS has expanded from five members — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — to 11 in the last two years, the additions have brought fresh points of contention, and perhaps diluted its…
The summit of the BRICS countries has started in Rio de Janeiro. The group currently consists of ten major emerging economies and was founded in 2009 as a counterweight to the G7, the group of rich Western industrial countries. The agenda is expected to include the war between Israel and Iran, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the trade tariffs announced by US President Trump. Notable absentees Notable absentees at the summit are Russian Presi…
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