Vice-President of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev noted the growing authority of BRICS against the background of threats of US President Donald Trump to impose a 10% duty on countries that support the association, TASS reports.
“BRICS is gaining authority. Trump has announced that any country that supports BRICS’s policy will be subjected to an additional 10% duty. So we do everything right!”, He wrote in X.
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It is recalled that Trump has said that countries that support the BRICS policies contrary to US interests, will be affected by additional duties. On the social network Truth Social, he pointed out that they would be subject to another 10% duties.
His comment came, After BRICS members criticized his customs policies And they proposed reforms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and how the main currencies are evaluated.
Trump has long criticized BRICS, Alliancedesigned to strengthen the positions of Member States on the international scene to oppose the United States and Western Europe.
By economic indicators, BRICS is greatly superior to a number of other similar organizations, including the G7, Where the total GDP, according to 2025, is actually a quarter lower. This was drawn to Oski President Vladimir Putin in his statement during the plenary session at the BRICS summit.
Last year, Bricks expanded beyond Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It was joined by Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The countries in the block represent more than half of the world’s population.
In 2024, Trump threatened with 100% duties of BRICS countries if they introduced their own currency to compete with the US dollar.