Jim O Neill
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What’s in it for the ‘friends of Brics’?
A bigger alliance will give the group extra economic heft, but it remains to be seen whether its members can speak in one voice
US-SA diplomatic spat signals Brics jitters
The US ambassador’s allegations against South Africa come as a push to expand the Brics bloc’s influence threatens to force a new world order
Will the dollar hit a Brics wall?
The architecture of the global financial system hurts emerging market economies but the alliance has yet to offer an alternative