Rumors have swirled around the potential unveiling of a BRICS economic alliance currency, thought to be called “the unit,” ...

I write about economic policy for the 21st century. After tossing around a few bad ideas, the BRICS countries have settled on using gold as the basis for international exchange, a role previously ...

BRICS leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, have publicly voiced their commitment to jointly introduce an alternative payment system that would not be ...

Trader reaction to the BRICS Summit, held in Kazan, Russia this week, is helping to support gold. The push to create an alternative system to the current prevailing international payment system ...

T he global economic landscape is on the cusp of a seismic shift, with the BRICS nations potentially unveiling a ...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has championed BRICS to thumb his nose at the West whose sanctions after his full-scale invasion of Ukraine have battered his country's economy, but he arrives at ...

Turkey was offered partner country status by the BRICS group of nations, Trade Minister Omer Bolat said, as Ankara continues what it calls its efforts to balance its Eastern and Western ties.

This is the first BRICS summit since Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the UAE joined the bloc earlier this year. Among many things on the agenda is the issue of reducing reliance on the US dollar in ...

Saudi Arabia has joined Brics, the alliance of major developing countries, along with four other nations. The Saudi membership was due to start on 1 January, but there was a delay before it was ...

Get the best of CFR in your inbox every Friday at noon. Sign up for The World This Week. The countries that comprise BRICS—which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and ...

Here’s a primer. By Amelia Nierenberg Leaders of BRICS, a group of emerging market nations that represent about half of the world’s population, will meet for a high-profile summit on Tuesday ...