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BRICS Counterweight Against The US?

Bunn Nagara, Director and Senior Fellow, BRI Caucus, Asia-Pacific & Honorary Fellow, Perak Academy

08-Jul-25 07:30

BRICS Counterweight Against The US?
  • US President Donald Trump has threatened an additional 10% tariff on countries that orient themselves along the “Anti-American policies of BRICS” as leaders of the bloc were meeting in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, for its Summit. Discussing how this might affect Malaysia, and whether we will see any trade opportunities arising out of the Summit is Bunn Nagara, Director and Senior Fellow, BRI Caucus for Asia-Pacific & Honorary Fellow, Perak Academy.

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Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Elaine Boey, Keith Kam, Wong Shou Ning


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Tags:  anti-americantariffsMalaysia BRICS partnership





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