The US president has threatened to impose tariffs on the group’s members, accusing them of seeking to undermine dollar hegemony

Brazil plans to strengthen ties with its fellow BRICS nations despite warnings from US President Donald Trump, a senior presidential adviser said on Saturday.

Washington had threatened tariffs over the country’s relations with the bloc and prosecution of former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Celso Amorim stated that the US pressure is “reinforcing our relations with the BRICS, because we want to have diversified relations and not depend on any one country.”

He added that…

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