Brazil’s dismissal of the idea of a Brics currency suggests that the bloc may continue to pursue less politically fraught monetary cooperation that stops short of challenging the US dollar’s dominance, such as swaps and seamless payment systems, according to analysts.
During Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s recent trip to India, Lula sought to play down speculation that the 10-member grouping of developing nations was drafting plans for a shared currency.
In an interview with an Indian news channel on Friday, he said there had been “no proposal, no draft and no internal discussion to create a Brics currency”.
“India and Brazil can trade in their own currencies and do not need to rely on the US dollar for bilateral deals,” Lula added.
Speculation about a Brics currency has swirled in the past few years as the push towards dedollarisation continues.
During the Brics summit in South Africa in 2023, leaders discussed ways to settle more trade within the bloc without using the US dollar. At the bloc’s summit in Brazil in 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged member states to make greater use of their currencies for trade.
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