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Business Matters: BRICS invites six more countries to join the bloc

BRICS invites six more countries to join the bloc

25/08/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, BRICS invites six more countries to join the bloc

What will Argentina and Ethiopia benefit from joining BRICS?

Six new countries - Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - are set to join BRICS in January.

The BRICS group of nations has invited six countries to join them. They are Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. We look at how some of these countries would benefit from joining this bloc. 

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Central banks from around the world are gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for the start of the influential three-day economic conference.

(The national flags of current BRICS members are displayed at the conference centre in South Africa. Photo Credit:  Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

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