# Trump may be BRICS’s best recruitment agent

https://mins.news/en/item/55595

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-12 07:44 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/12/trump-may-be-bricss-best-recruitment-agent?traffic_source=rss

> Donald Trump’s efforts to weaken BRICS through tariffs and economic pressure may instead encourage countries to reduce their dependence on US-centred markets, finance and the dollar. BRICS is not a unified anti-US alliance, but its diverse members are cautiously expanding local-currency trade and payment links to limit their exposure to American leverage.

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