Overview

• India sent External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in place of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and he urged fair, transparent practices, shorter and more resilient supply chains, and a review of trade flows within the bloc.
• China’s Xi Jinping joined by video and warned that a “certain country” is raising trade‑war risks, calling on members to resist all forms of protectionism and deepen economic cooperation.
• Russia’s Vladimir Putin participated, and Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva convened the meeting to respond to Washington’s tariff actions and to rally support for multilateralism.
• Brazilian officials kept the leaders’ remarks closed to the press, and participants did not plan a joint communiqué at the close of the brief meeting.
• The talks followed steep U.S. levies, including 50% duties affecting India and Brazil, which have pushed the grouping to coordinate messaging while New Delhi maintains a cautious posture ahead of its 2026 chairmanship.