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{{See also|BRICS}}

{{See also|BRICS}}

The BRICS group is essentially a group of nations that do not want corporations and multinational banks running their government. BRICS countries want their government running their government, whatever form of government that exists in their nation, even if it is communist.  BRICS leaders are aligned as anti-[[corporatist]] and anti-fascist, which simply means they want to make the decisions, and they do not want multinational corporations to become more powerful than the government.  The BRICS group are essentially the opposing element to the [[World Economic Forum]].

The BRICS group is essentially a group of nations that do not want corporations and multinational banks running their government. BRICS countries want their government running their own government, whatever form of government that exists in their nation, even if it is communist.  BRICS leaders are aligned as anti-[[corporatist]] and anti-fascist, which simply means they want to make the decisions, and they do not want multinational corporations to become more powerful than the government.  The BRICS group are essentially the opposing element to the [[World Economic Forum]].

BRICS is not a [[free trade]] bloc, but members do coordinate on trade matters and have established a policy bank, the New Development Bank, (NDB) to coordinate infrastructure loans. That was set up in 2014 in order to provide alternative loan mechanisms from the [[IMF]] and [[World Bank]] structures, which the members had felt had become too US-centric. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was set up by China at about the same time for largely the same reasons and to offer alternative financing than that provided by the IMF and World Banks, which were felt to impose political reform policies designed to assist the [[United States]] in return for providing loans.  

BRICS is not a [[free trade]] bloc, but members do coordinate on trade matters and have established a policy bank, the New Development Bank, (NDB) to coordinate infrastructure loans. That was set up in 2014 in order to provide alternative loan mechanisms from the [[IMF]] and [[World Bank]] structures, which the members had felt had become too U.S.-centric. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was set up by China at about the same time for largely the same reasons and to offer alternative financing than that provided by the IMF and World Banks, which were felt to impose political reform policies designed to assist the [[United States]] in return for providing loans.  

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