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BRICS BR RU IN CN ZA EG ET IR SA AE / G20 Members: Brasil, Russia, India, China. South Africa / 5 / QUAD Member: India / SCO Shangai Cooperation Organisation	NATO EU Three Sea Initiative AUKUS QUAD OSCE
BRICS > 31.5% of World GDP + 1 Applicant Nations > Algeria (applied in 2022) (Expected to join in 2nd expansion round), Bahrain, Bangladesh (applied in 2023), Belarus ( applied in 2023 ), Bolivia (applied in 2023), Cuba ( applied in 2023 ), Honduras, Indonesia, Kazakhstan (applied in 2023), Kuwait (applied in 2023), Pakistan (applied in 2023), Nigeria, Palestine (applied in 2023), Senegal (applied in 2023), Thailand, Venezuela (applied in 2023), Vietnam (applied in 2023)… 2 Nations Interested in Membership > Afghanistan, Angola, Comoros, DR Congo, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Libya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, South Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Somalia, Uganda, Zimbabwe… 3 BRICS Expansion Dialogue Participent Nations > 4 Other >	G7 >30.7% of World GDP G20 USMCA + Candidate countries: 1 Start of negotiations for EU membership > March 2024 > Ukraine, Moldovia 2 Candidate for EU membership > Dec 2023 > Georgia 3 Negotiating for EU membership > Turkey 1999, Monte Negro 2012, Serbia 2014, North Macedonia & Albania 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022
SCO Member States: CN IN KZ KG RU PK TJ UZ IR Observer States: Afghanistan, Belarus and Mongolia Dialogue Partners: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey / PLUS /	NATO+ FI SE Aspiration for membership: Bosnia&Herzegovina, Georgia, and Ukraine
Navigation systems BeiDou GLONASS NaviC	Navigation systems GPS GALILEO
(NDB) Silk Road Briefing Founding Member Countries: Brasil, Russia, India, China, South Africa New Members: Bagladesh, United Arab Emirates, Egypt / + to accept and approve the admission of four or five new members / Saudi Arabia, UAE, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Algeria, Thailand / Prospective Members: Uruguay / + considering applications for membership from nearly 15 countries / Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Members: Regional Members Non-Regional Members Prospective Members Non-members: Czech Republic, Nigeria, Iraq, Colombia, Ukraine
Payment & Settlement System	Payment & Settlement System < Building a BRICS Payment System for a New Financial Era Beyond SWIFT
BRI 2013 – At its core, the BRI is the construction of hard infrastructure – roads, rail, airports, ports and economic zones – across developing countries around the world. It comprises two major component parts: the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. As of August 2023, 215 cooperation documents have been signed with 155 countries and 32 international organisations. Participents:	B3W 2021 – Build Back Better World: An Affirmative Initiative for Meeting the Tremendous Infrastructure Needs of Low- and Middle-Income Countries. The initiative seeks to address the $40 trillion worth of infrastructure needed by developing countries by 2035. PGII 2021 G20 Sep. 09, 2023 – India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor United States, India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, France, Germany, Italy and the European Union As of September 2023, 0 cooperation documents have been signed
De-Dollarisation Brasil, Russia, India, China, South Africa EEU – Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation ASEAN – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam Algeria, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria Saudi Arabia, UAE, Venezuela, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Tanzania, Uganda Brazil, Guyana, Others Sri Lanka, Fiji, Israel, Oman, Seychelles	De-Dollarisation United Kingdom, Canada, Japan Germany, Mexico Others Israel, New Zealand, Switzerland, South Korea, Norway
Gold Reserves / in Tonnes / BRICS Brasil 129.65 * Russia 2,329.63 * India 797.44 * China 2,113.46 * South Africa 125.41 * Gold Reserves / in Tonnes / BRICS+ Egypt 125.79 * Ethiopia * Iran * Saudi Arabia 323.07 * United Arab Emirates 74.49 * Source: Gold Reserves by Country 5 September, 2023	Gold Reserves / in Tonnes / G7 Canada 0.00 * France 2,436.81 * Germany 3,355.14 * Italy 2,451.84 * Japan 845.97 * UK 310.29 * USA 8,133.47 Repatriation of Gold Reserves < US Germany, France, Italy, Netherland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Turkey, Australia, Venezuela…
BRICS – Real GDP growth 2023 Brasil 3,08 % * Russia 3,60 % * India 6,33 % * China 5,01 % * South Africa 0,95 % BRICS+ – Real GDP growth 2023 Egypt 3,7 % * Ethiopia 6,1 % * Iran 2,0 % * Saudi Arabia 3,1 % * UAE 3,5 % Source: STATISTABRICS	G7 – Real GDP growth 2023 Canada 1,3 % * France 1,0 % * Germany -0,5 % * Italy 0,7 % * Japan 2,0 % * United Kingdom -0,5 % * United States 2,1 % * European Union 0,7 % Source: STATISTAG7 STATISTAEU
Debt Clock – BRICS – Debt as % of GDP Jan 31 2024, Feb 29 2024 Brasil / 120,33%, 120,92% Russia / 27,11%, 22,71% India / 100,48%, 100,85% China / 64,89%, 65,04% S. Africa / 71,67%, 71,92% Debt Clock – BRICS+ Debt as % of GDP 2022 Egypt / no data * Ethiopia / no data * Iran / 42,40% * 34,01% Saudi Arabia / 30,01% * 22,57% United Arab Emirates / no data *	Debt Clock – G7 – Debt as % of GDP Jan 31 2024, Feb 29 2024 Canada / 68,48%, 68,60% France / 113.03%, 113,21% Germany / 77,49%, 77,62% Italy / 168,49%, 168,90% Japan / 241,10%, 241,32% UK / 123,06%, 123,31% USA / 138,42%, 138,51% Source: Commodity.com