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Aug 2023

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#CutTheClutter: BRICS+6: What trade & GD...

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Following the 2023 BRICS Summit, which ended Thursday, the five-member grouping has opened its doors to 6 new members: Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia and Argentina. In Ep 1298 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta goes through latest IMF data to decode the geopolitics of the expansion, what it means for India, and the power equation in new BRICS.----more----

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