Expanded BRICS Set to De-Dollarize the World, Control Global Energy Supply

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JOHANNESBURGโ€”โ€œThe expansion of BRICS has made it clear that the de-dollarization of the international finance system is inevitable.โ€ 

This view, from economist William Gumedeโ€”whoโ€™s also executive chairperson of the Democracy Works Foundation in South Africaโ€”has been echoed around the world since BRICS leaders announced the expansion of the bloc on Aug. 24 at a summit in Johannesburg.  

Current BRICS members are Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

In January, BRICSโ€”originally established in 2009 to represent the worldโ€™s strongest emerging market economiesโ€”will add Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to its ranks.  

Mr. Gumede, one of South Africaโ€™s leading academics and thought-leaders, has been researching the potential impacts of de-dollarization since 2014. 

He told The Epoch Times the average per capita GDP of the G7 economies was currently six times that of BRICS economies. But, the unexpectedly swift expansion of BRICS would increase the trade blocโ€™s share of the global economy much faster than earlier predictions.ย 

โ€œThese forecasts did not take into account that BRICS would expand its membership very quickly. A larger BRICS will mean the world will increasingly use U.S. dollars less,โ€ he said. 

Mr. Gumede said the bigger BRICS alliance would eventually rival the Group of Seven (G7) large industrial economies of the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, France, Japan, Italy, and Canada, which together are home to 16 percent of the worldโ€™s population and account for 62 percent of the global economy.ย 

Welcoming the new members in Johannesburg last week, Brazilโ€™s President Lula da Silva said their addition would mean BRICS would represent 46 percent of the global population and 37 percent of the world GDP.ย 

The expansion means BRICS now consists of some of the globeโ€™s largest oil producers: Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt. Nigeria, another major oil exporter, is set to join when the bloc gets even bigger, probably at its next summit in Russia in 2024.ย 

โ€œBRICS is going to dominate the worldโ€™s energy supply,โ€ said Mr. Gumede. โ€œThe strength of the U.S. dollar is also partially based on the currency as underpinning oil tradeโ€”the so-called petrodollarโ€”and members of OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) settle their accounts in U.S. dollars.

Byย Darren Taylor

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