Daily Memo: BRICS Expansion, Ukrainian Strike

The economic bloc will welcome six new members.

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Enlargement. At the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, the leaders of the member states invited six countries – Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia – to join the grouping beginning next year. In total, 23 states have applied to join the BRICS. India and Brazil had previously opposed expansion. Mutual support. […]

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