The BRICS Has Overtaken the G7 in Global GDP

Re:The BRICS Has Overtaken the G7 in Global GDP by yamtaddle on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:45PM (#35344986)

And when did it get added? Or have I been misreading this for years? I always thought the label was "BRIC".

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Re:The BRICS Has Overtaken the G7 in Global GDP by prottog on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:18PM (#35345492)

It's been BRICS for as long as I can remember.

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Re:The BRICS Has Overtaken the G7 in Global GDP by yamtaddle on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:24PM (#35345598)

Found the answer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC

Original term (referring to no formal organization) was BRIC, coined in 2001. BRICs common as a plural form, as in "the BRICs" (which I recall seeing), but not BRICS. The four countries started holding summits in 2009, and in 2010 declared South Africa part of the group, at which point a specific sense of the term (referring to invitees to these summits and members of related efforts or organizations) became BRICS.

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Re:The BRICS Has Overtaken the G7 in Global GDP by FredPret on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:08PM (#35345330)

They needed an African representative

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