BRICS keeps expanding. As a new full member, it added Indonesia, the 4th most populous country with the 7th largest economy on Earth. BRICS now has 10 members and 8 partners. Together they make up 41.4% of global GDP (PPP) and roughly half the world population. Ben Norton explains.

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Topics

0:00 BRICS expansion

0:51 Map of BRICS membership

1:11 List of BRICS members & partners

1:47 BRICS share of world economy

2:27 BRICS vs G7

3:44 Indonesian economy bigger than UK & France

4:41 Indonesia's BRICS invitation

6:05 Global South cooperation

6:56 China supports Global South

7:29 Non-Aligned Movement & Bandung Conference

8:31 US-backed coup against Sukarno

8:58 CIA-sponsored massacres

9:53 ASEAN prefers China over USA

11:07 Philippines allies with USA

12:08 Indonesia calls China & Russia friends

13:52 China is Indonesia's largest trading partner

14:17 China is ASEAN's largest trading partner

14:39 Nickel production

15:32 Indonesia industrializes with China's help

21:53 BRICS cooperation

23:43 De-dollarization

24:46 Outro