Leaders of BRICS, gathering in Brazil, face challenges with US President Trump's trade tariffs impacting discussions on cooperation. The bloc, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, emphasizes multilateralism against Western dominance. Key absences, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, spark concerns about cohesion. Agenda items include global health policies, artificial intelligence, and climate change, underscoring the bloc's representation of nearly half of the world's population and significant economic output.
The leaders are gathering in Brazil for a summit overshadowed by United States President Donald Trump's new tariff policies while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism.
The BRICS countries say they represent almost half of the world's population, 36 percent of global land area, and a quarter of the global economic output.
For the first time since taking power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping will not be attending in person, instead sending Prime Minister Li Qiang.
Leaders at the BRICS summit are expected to decry the Trump administration's indiscriminate trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy.
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