President Donald Trump announced last week that not only would he be placing a 50% tariff on Brazil, but he would also impose an additional 10% tariff on its fellow Brics members in an effort to counter the group’s “anti-American policy.

BRICS is a group of the world’s most powerful developing nations, including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Their latest summit made one thing clear: They want to reform the global order from the bottom up.

It’s not just about defending his buddy Jair Bolsonaro or protecting social-media companies from Brazilian laws. It’s much bigger than that: Trump’s grievance is global.

Leaders of the BRICS group of major emerging economies are meeting in the Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for a two-day summit. The BRICS acronym is derived from the initial letters of the founding member countries: Brazil,

Trump has threatened to impose 100% tariffs against the bloc if they take any moves to undermine the dollar. Last year, at the summit hosted by Russia in Kazan, the Kremlin sought to develop alternatives to U.S.-dominated payment systems which would allow it to dodge Western sanctions imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022

Trade and tariffs will be high on the agenda at the upcoming BRICS summit in Brazil, but geopolitical divisions and conflict could be distractions.

Sixteen years after becoming a founding member of the bloc, the country is no closer to meeting its promise of becoming an emerging economic superpower. So why continue?

Brazil is playing host to a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies Sunday and Monday during which pressing topics like Israel's attack on Iran, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and trade tariffs imposed by U.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to next week's BRICS summit in Brazil because of an outstanding arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday.

BRICS Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, concluded with a sprawling 47-page long declaration addressing diverse global and regional issues. The document, filled with terms like “multipolar world,