1.0Livingston Internationalhttps://www.livingstonintl.comKaren Jasperhttps://www.livingstonintl.com/author/livingston-karen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="eP3ylc7NQa"><a href="https://www.livingstonintl.com/good-news-from-the-brics-amid-disappointing-developments/">Good news from the BRICS amid disappointing developments</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.livingstonintl.com/good-news-from-the-brics-amid-disappointing-developments/embed/#?secret=eP3ylc7NQa" width="600" height="338" title="“Good news from the BRICS amid disappointing developments” — Livingston International" data-secret="eP3ylc7NQa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://cdn.livingstonintl.com/livingston-content/uploads/2022/09/12163235/2022-livingston-fb.jpg1200630President of South Africa Jacob Zuma said earlier this month that trade between his country, Russia, Brazil, India and China (BRICS) had increased 70 percent since 2009, Russian news agency TASS reported, affirming the economic strength of the trade bloc excluded from recent major international free trade negotiations.