Demand from the Chinese mainland drove Brazilian agricultural exports to the world to a record of $101.69 billion in 2018, the Xinhua News Agency reported

Now, when multilateralism is in dire straits and immediate future is not looking so good, these countries (BRICS and Next Eleven) urgently need preparation and planning to face more protectionism in international trade. Only larger cooperation among themselves can protect their interests in the new world trade order, which may decisively tilt towards the advanced countries – particularly the USA – in the short run

Due to their rapid growth and the influential pull of their markets - making up half the world's population - these countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, have emerged as major global players in recent years

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that there were no reasons to believe that Brazil under the leadership of President Jair Bolsonaro would play a destructive role in BRICS

President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed on behalf of the government and people of South Africa, his sincere greetings and best wishes to the new President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro

The narrative on the progress of catalytic projects (Megatropolis) in the regional blocs of the BRICS is exciting and reflects extremes of sophistication and complex-challenges