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Brics working group meeting in Brasilia, Brazil, in February. BRICS+ now represents more than 40 percent of the world's population and nearly 37 percent of global GDP based on purchasing power parity (Photo: Brics Brasil)

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The EU’s BRICS+ dilemma: engage or stand back?

US president Donald Trump recently declared that BRICS (the grouping of the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is “dead” while threatening to impose 100-percent tariffs if the bloc moves forward with its plans to launch a common currency.

Trump’s statements underscore Washington’s increasingly con...

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Raluca Besliu is an independent journalist from Romania, focusing on climate change, human rights, and geopolitics.

Brics working group meeting in Brasilia, Brazil, in February. BRICS+ now represents more than 40 percent of the world's population and nearly 37 percent of global GDP based on purchasing power parity (Photo: Brics Brasil)

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Raluca Besliu is an independent journalist from Romania, focusing on climate change, human rights, and geopolitics.

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