BRICS 2026: What to Know About the Summit, Member States, Tensions With Trump
BRICS — an acronym that stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has morphed from a term conceived by a Wall Street economist into a club of nations that accounts for around a quarter of the world’s nominal gross domestic product and roughly half of its population. It now has 10 full members, bringing together some of the globe’s biggest energy producers and consumers.


