Brics leaders at a summit yesterday took aim at US President Donald Trump’s “indiscriminate” import tariffs and recent Israeli-US strikes

BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy.

The Trump administration's trade policy, marked by aggressive tariff strategies, targets the BRICS nations with a potential 100% ad valorem tariff.

A summit of leaders from the BRICS group of major emerging economies kicks off in Brazil Sunday – but without the top leader of its most powerful member.

By Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO -Leaders of the growing BRICS group of developing nations were set to gather in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, calling for reform of traditional Western institutions while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism in an increasingly fractured world.