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Why are BRICS countries important?

BRICS

BRICS is the acronym coined for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The BRICS members are known for their significant influence on regional affairs. Since 2009, the BRICS nations have met annually at formal summits. Wikipedia

Founded: June 2006

Formation: 2009

Official language: Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, Chinese, English

State Leaders: Jair Bolsonaro; Vladimir Putin; Narendra Modi; Xi Jinping; Cyril Ramaphosa

Leaders: Jair Bolsonaro, Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping, MORE

Founders: India, China, Russia, Brazil

 

BRICS is the group composed by the five major emerging countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -, which together represent about 42% of the population, 23% of GDP, 30% of the territory and 18% of the global trade.

BRICS is an acronym for the economic bloc of countries consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. In 2010, South Africa joined the BRIC group.

BRICS is a grouping acronym referring to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, deemed to be developing countries at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development, on their way to becoming developed countries.

 

Objectives.

The BRICS seeks to deepen, broaden and intensify cooperation within the grouping and among the individual countries for more sustainable, equitable and mutually beneficial development.


BRIC countries were originally projected to be the fastest-growing market economies by Jim O'Neill of Goldman Sachs in 2001. It has been postulated that by 2050 these economies would be wealthier than most of the current major economic powers. This growth is due to lower labor and production costs in these countries.



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