United Nations/New York: The BRICS nations have expressed concern over the proliferation of trade-restrictive actions in the form of “indiscriminate rising” of tariffs, particularly measures used as a means of “coercion”, cautioning that such practices risk marginalising the Global South countries.

The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations held their annual meeting on the margins of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday. The meeting was chaired by India in its capacity as the incoming BRICS Chair for 2026.

In a joint communiqué, adopted following the meeting, the Ministers “expressed concern over proliferation of trade-restrictive actions, whether in the form of indiscriminate rising of tariffs and non-tariff measures, or protectionism, i

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