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The combined value of GDP in dollars of the BRICS members. Claiming 31.1pc of the global economy's 105 trillion dollars, the group has outpaced the G7 countries' economic size this year.


PUBLISHED ON Aug 26,2023 [ VOL 24 , NO 1217]

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