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BRICS summit calls into question BRICS solidarity

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On Monday, Xi Jinping jumped on a video call to attend a virtual BRICS trade summit. Some context: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva initiated the summit to show solidarity and plot a response to the US’s increasingly protectionist trade policy (Bloomberg 1).

BRICS members Brazil, India...