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Brazil Emphasizes Cooperation During BRICS Presidency Amid Trump's Tariff Threats, Diplomat Says
Brazil Emphasizes Cooperation During BRICS Presidency Amid Trump's Tariff Threats, Diplomat Says
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Last Wednesday, Brazil assumed the rotating presidency of the BRICS bloc in 2025, for the fourth time since its creation in 2006. 11.01.2025, Sputnik Africa
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During its BRICS presidency in 2025, Brazil will prioritize building relationships, avoid escalating global tensions and has no intention of replacing the US dollar or adopting an anti-West stance, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry Secretary for Asia and the Pacific and the country's Sherpa to BRICS Eduardo Paes Saboia told a French media outlet.In early December 2024, US President-elect Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated on January 20, demanded a commitment from the BRICS countries not to create a new BRICS currency or support any other currency to replace the US dollar, or face 100% tariffs. The focus is on collaboration within BRICS on various fronts, including science, technology, finance, and health, while actively participating in international forums and representing the Global South's interests, the diplomat emphasized.
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Brazil Emphasizes Cooperation During BRICS Presidency Amid Trump's Tariff Threats, Diplomat Says
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Last Wednesday, Brazil assumed the rotating presidency of the BRICS bloc in 2025, for the fourth time since its creation in 2006.
During its BRICS presidency in 2025, Brazil will prioritize building relationships, avoid escalating global tensions and has no intention of replacing the US dollar or adopting an anti-West stance, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry Secretary for Asia and the Pacific and the country's Sherpa to BRICS Eduardo Paes Saboia told a French media outlet.
"We want to increase trade between us [BRICS members], increase investments and reduce transaction costs. There is a discussion about the use of local currencies in transactions, but not in an impositional way," Saboia noted.
In early December 2024, US President-elect Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated on January 20, demanded a commitment from the BRICS countries not to create a new BRICS currency or support any other currency to replace the US dollar, or
face 100% tariffs.
"BRICS members are not anti-something, anti-West. On the contrary, after the 2008 crisis, the large developed economies sought the collaboration of BRICS countries in the effort to relaunch the world economy. In English, 'bricks' denotes a desire to build something, BRICS countries come to build, they do not come to worsen things," he said.
The focus is on collaboration within BRICS on various fronts, including science, technology, finance, and health, while actively participating in international forums and representing the Global South's interests, the diplomat emphasized.
