BRICS nations slam US tariffs, strikes

heal BRICS leaders at a summit at the weekend took aim at US President Donald Trump's “indiscriminate” import tariffs and recent Israeli-US strikes on Iran.

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The 11 emerging nations - including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - account for about half the world’s population and 40%of global economic output.

The bloc is divided about much, but found common cause when it comes to the mercurial US leader and his stop-start tariff wars - even if it avoided naming him directly.

Voicing “serious concerns about the rise of unilateral tariff” measures, BRICS members said the tariffs risked hurting the global economy, according to a summit joint statement.

Trump fired back at the bloc directly on social media Sunday night.

“Any country aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of BRICS will be charged an ADDITIONAL 10% Tariff. There will be no exceptions to this policy,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.