US President Donald Trump has threatened heavy tariffs on BRICS, claiming the organization is "dead", but it is actually growing in size and influence. 10 members and 10 partners participated in the 2025 BRICS summit in Brazil, where they discussed plans for dedollarization, trade and investment in national currencies, and how to create a more multipolar global order. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmR03QFdhfs
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0:00 Trump attacks BRICS
0:25 (CLIP) Trump claims "BRICS is dead"
1:16 BRICS is growing
1:49 BRICS: 10 members & 10 partners
2:26 BRICS: 44% of global GDP (PPP)
2:41 BRICS: 56% of world population
2:55 Vietnam joins BRICS
3:27 Cuba joins BRICS
4:11 Mexico attends BRICS summit
4:58 Trump threatens tariffs on BRICS
6:07 Trump doesn't understand BRICS
6:21 (CLIP) Trump claims Spain is in BRICS
6:58 Lula: World doesn't want an "emperor"
8:03 Dedollarization
8:31 (CLIP) Trump threats to save US dollar
8:48 BRICS promotes dedollarization
9:54 Brazil challenges US dollar dominance
10:44 New Development Bank (NDB)
11:03 US meddling in Colombia
11:50 US-backed coup in Bolivia
13:01 US-backed judicial coup in Brazil
13:40 BRICS trade in local currencies
14:38 Dedollarization: slow and steady
15:29 Dedollarization in BRICS declaration
17:32 IMF alternative: Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA)
20:29 New international financial system
21:27 Vladimir Putin's speech
21:48 Why the absence of Xi Jinping and Putin?
23:31 Why Iran's president did not attend
24:22 China's view of BRICS
26:15 Goals of BRICS
27:03 Financial imperialism: the "reverse Marshall Plan"
30:28 Billionaire oligarchs
31:58 Malaysia PM Anwar Ibrahim
32:22 Non-Aligned Movement
33:37 (CLIP) BRICS inspired by Non-Aligned Movement
35:02 (CLIP) Malaysia PM on de-dollarization
35:44 Bandung Conference
36:46 (CLIP) Malaysia PM: BRICS follows Bandung
37:27 Decolonization and multipolarity
39:57 NATO militarization and warmongering
40:32 Climate change
41:17 Palestine and Iran
41:57 Multilateralism under attack by USA
42:50 Imperialism vs democracy
43:27 Capitalist oligarchy
43:43 Trump: symbol of US imperialism
44:28 Meaning of BRICS
45:14 Outro
