Chatting with Brazil’s O Globo newspaper forward of the assembly, Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov stated BRICS nations deliberate to “improve the share of nationwide currencies in transactions” between member states however stated discuss of transitioning in the direction of a unified BRICS foreign money was “untimely”.
Vieira, whose nation has to this point been spared the worst of Trump’s commerce ire – Brazilian imports to the US are topic to 10 per cent tariffs, a fraction of these imposed on China – additionally denied any plans to create a brand new foreign money.
The BRICS shall be joined for discussions on Tuesday by 9 different “associate” international locations, together with a number of former Soviet states, in addition to Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and Nigeria.