BRICS Expands With 9 New Partner Countries - Now It's Half Of The World Population

BRICS Expands With 9 New Partner Countries - Now It's Half Of The World Population

Dec. 24, 2024

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Geopolitical Economy Report - Ben Norton

NOW 41 PERCENT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

The Global South-led organization BRICS continues to expand, adding 9 partner countries in January 2025, after admitting 4 new members in 2024. The group now makes up roughly half of the global population and more than 41% of world GDP (PPP). It's an economic powerhouse, with top producers of key commodities like oil, gas, grains, meat, minerals, and more. Ben Norton analyzes the growing influence of BRICS plus.

BRICS MEMBERSHIP (9 members + 9 partner countries)

5 original members are Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.

4 new members officially admitted in January 2024 are Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE. (Saudi Arabia has neither accepted nor denied the invitation. Argentina rejected the offer.)

9 confirmed partner countries are Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan.

4 invited partner countries have not yet given a response: Algeria, Nigeria, Turkey/Türkiye, Vietnam.

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TOPICS

0:00 History of BRICS expansion
0:45 9 new partner countries
1:38 Map of BRICS membership
3:45 BRICS is an economic powerhouse
5:00 What does partner status mean?
5:39 De-dollarization of international financial system
7:06 1/2 of global population
8:35 BRICS economies are bigger than G7
9:24 41% of world GDP (PPP)
10:20 US GDP is overstated
12:49 Food production
17:32 Oil & gas production
18:32 Renewable energy
19:21 Mineral production
20:43 Building a global alternative
22:07 Outro

Check out our related video on BRICS' plan to transform the global financial system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHr5yzLEHA

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https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/10/19/brics-russia-multi-currency-system-us-dollar/

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