India Hits Back at Trump On BRICS: Don't Dictate Our Business Choices
BRICS member India hit back at Trump for dictating with whom they must conduct business and cross-border transactions. India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar dismissed the West’s BRICS vs. Quad narrative, citing that both alliances are different. Many commentators in the West hit out at India, citing that the country is procuring oil from Russia despite being a part of the Quad. For the uninitiated, Quad is an alliance comprising four countries: India, Japan, Australia, and the US. The group was formed in 2007 by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to hold talks among member nations. Also Read: Wall Street Reacts To BRICS Currency During a talk at The Economic Times World Leaders Forum (WLF), S Jaishankar said that BRICS and Quad are separate. The two cannot be interlinked as the ideologies are different, and business deals and policies are non-identical. “Quad is still the Quad, and BRICS is still BRICS, and countries like India should not be forced to make binary choi...