The Xi Trump Summit's Sidelights: A Multilateral Counterpoint While the world's attention has been trained on the bilateral negotiations between Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, two other significant meetings have been quietly shaping the future of international commerce.
In New Delhi, foreign ministers from the Brics economies and their growing community of partners from the Global South are charting a course for multilateral cooperation that eschews the zero sum game often associated with bilateral deals.
The Brics nations, each with its own distinct economic and strategic interests, are navigating a complex web of interdependencies.