China, BRICS Push to Shift World Order Amid Trade Threats
- Nations seek reform of UN, Security Council, IMF governance
- BRICS are balancing, contesting world order, analyst says
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Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, representing about 40 percent of the world’s population and almost a quarter of its output, think it’s time for a change in how things are done.
After a three-day summit in Johannesburg, the BRICS nations said they want a fairer, more representative global order in diplomacy and trade just as China, the biggest member, faces billions of dollars of extra U.S. tariffs.