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BRICS leaders meet in Rio to defend multilateralism 'under attack'

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks, during the opening meeting of BRICS Summit, at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 6 July 2025. REUTERS - Ricardo Moraes

BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy.

Emerging nations, which represent about half the world's population and 40 percent of global economic output, are set to unite over "serious concerns" about US import tariffs, according to a draft summit statement obtained by AFP.

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