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Argentina pulls out of plans to join Brics bloc - BBC News
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67842992.amp
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In a letter to the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, Mr Milei said decisions taken by the preceding government had been revised.
It would have been admitted to the Brics club on 1 January, alongside Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Its change of heart comes after Mr Milei, a populist right-wing outsider, won a surprise election victory in November with radical pledges to overhaul the South American nation’s ailing economy.
He added that although he did not consider it “appropriate” for Argentina to become a full Brics member, he was still committed to strengthening bilateral ties, particularly with the aim of increasing trade and investment flows.
Externally, Brics members Brazil and China are Argentina’s two biggest trading partners, but the US is not far behind, making it imperative to preserve good working relations with all three.
And as a man who has contemplated replacing the Argentine peso with the US dollar, Mr Milei shows signs of inclining more towards Washington than Beijing in future.
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