EDITORIAL: SA not just another Bric in the wall
G20 offers an opportunity for confident diplomacy
04 December 2024 - 05:00
In its somewhat jittery response to US president-elect Donald Trump’s social media strafing of the idea of a Brics currency, our international relations spokespeople ironically resorted to the Trump playbook, blaming “incorrect reporting” and “false narrative running wild” — or, as they would say across the Atlantic, fake news!
But there’s nothing fake about discussions about a Brics currency. Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov have spoken about the idea. Consequently, Donald Trump is well within his rights to have an opinion...
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