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BRICS summit planned for July in Rio: Brazil • Feb. 16, 2025, 7:52 AM ET (Jakarta Post)
Brazil nixes BRICS currency, eyes less reliance on 'mighty' dollar • Feb. 14, 2025, 5:28 AM ET (Reuters)
Shashi Tharoor says Trump’s threat ‘seems empty’, no serious proposal to come up with alternative BRICS currency • Jan. 31, 2025, 3:05 PM ET (The Hindu)
Donald Trump threatens BRICS countries: ‘Replace mighty U.S. Dollar, face 100% Tariffs’ • Jan. 31, 2025, 1:46 AM ET (The Hindu)
Trump threatens BRICS with tariffs if they replace US dollar • Jan. 30, 2025, 4:27 PM ET (Deutsche Welle)

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Also Known As Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
Areas Of Involvement economic growth

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