BRICS keeps expanding. As a new full member, it added Indonesia, the 4th most populous country with the 7th largest economy on Earth. BRICS now has 10 members and 8 partners. Together they make up 41.4% of global GDP (PPP) and roughly half the world population. Ben Norton explains.
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Check out our related report on BRICS' plan to challenge US dollar domination by creating a multi-currency financial system: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/10/19/brics-russia-multi-currency-system-us-dollar/
Topics
0:00 BRICS expansion
0:51 Map of BRICS membership
1:11 List of BRICS members & partners
1:47 BRICS share of world economy
2:27 BRICS vs G7
3:44 Indonesian economy bigger than UK & France
4:41 Indonesia's BRICS invitation
6:05 Global South cooperation
6:56 China supports Global South
7:29 Non-Aligned Movement & Bandung Conference
8:31 US-backed coup against Sukarno
8:58 CIA-sponsored massacres
9:53 ASEAN prefers China over USA
11:07 Philippines allies with USA
12:08 Indonesia calls China & Russia friends
13:52 China is Indonesia's largest trading partner
14:17 China is ASEAN's largest trading partner
14:39 Nickel production
15:32 Indonesia industrializes with China's help
21:53 BRICS cooperation
23:43 De-dollarization
24:46 Outro
