China announced on Monday, July 7, 2025, that the BRICS group is not pursuing "confrontation" following Trump's tariff warning.

China said BRICS does not seek confrontation or target any country after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a new 10 percent tariff.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on any country aligning itself with the “Anti-American policies of BRICS,” escalating tensions as the bloc’s summit unfolds in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The growing BRICS group gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 17th BRICS Summit on Sunday, and signed a joint declaration encompassing 126 commitments covering global governance, finance, health,

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Diplomats from the BRICS group of developing nations have agreed on a joint declaration of their leaders at a summit in Rio de Janeiro this week, three people familiar with the talks said on Saturday.

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Manuela Andreoni RIO DE JANEIRO -Leaders of the growing BRICS group of developing nations met in Brazil on Sunday, calling for reform of traditional Western institutions while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateral diplomacy in an increasingly fractured world.