https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/1f1b064d-dc86-43f9-8e02-a2a1b4dfb7b2 https://youtu.be/k_shuhJvvBY 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+. 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., Check out our related video on BRICS' plan to transform the global financial system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHr5yzLEHA BRICS plans ‘multi-currency system’ to challenge US dollar dominance: Understanding Russia’s proposal - https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/10/19/brics-russia-multi-currency-system-us-dollar/ 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 financial system 7:06 One-half 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 || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:58:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/1f1b064d-dc86-43f9-8e02-a2a1b4dfb7b2 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.