South Africa has signed a new economic partnership framework with China that will allow duty-free access for South African exports to the Chinese market, with a follow-up agreement expected by March 2026.

Western leaders are beginning to speak the language of anti-colonialism, despite continuing colonialism at home, as the illusion of the rules-based order continues to crack.

The larger trade war between the two economies will only continue unless the US is willing to come back to a global trading regime.

A virtual BRICS trade summit was held at the invite of Brazilian President Lula da Silva amid the US President Donald Trump’s tariff war and threats against the organization

The announcement came just as Trump’s 50% tariff on Brazilian goods went into effect. Brazil seeks to open up a case in the WTO

Es hora de colocar ladrillos firmes, interconectados y duraderos que impulsen el desarrollo y la prosperidad compartida para el Sur Global.

The billionaire president claimed that trade relations with Brazil are unfair to the US. Lula has called a meeting to discuss a response.

Through his “tariff war”, Trump seeks to subvert multilateral institutions and renegotiate trade agreements to (even further) benefit the US

China initiated tariffs in response to Trump’s tariffs and also implemented export controls on five minerals whose production it dominates.

Following Trump’s imposition of a 10% additional tariff on Chinese imports, China filed a complaint in the WTO and levied its own tariffs and restrictions in retaliation.

In the Summit held in the Russian city of Kazan, BRICS members condemned the genocidal Israeli war on West Asia, the illegal sanctions regimes imposed on the people of the world by the US and its allies, and Western dominated multilateral institutions.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa spoke in the first day of the III International Dilemmas of Humanity Conference and called for progressive organizations to unite and intensify international solidarity