Overview

• Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hosted BRICS leaders on September 8 to coordinate responses to disruptive US tariff measures.
• Representing India, S. Jaishankar urged protection of a WTO‑centered, non‑discriminatory trading system and warned against tying trade actions to non‑trade issues.
• Jaishankar pressed BRICS to review internal trade flows and address India’s large deficits with partners, calling for resilient, shorter supply chains and wider production bases.
• China’s Xi Jinping denounced tariff and trade wars and called on BRICS to resist protectionism and jointly defend multilateralism.
• Members struck a cautious tone, with India and Brazil avoiding direct escalation as 50% US tariffs on their exports remain in place and India separately flagged export‑control risks and trade imbalances at the SCO.