BRICS is working towards the creation of a new payment system without the integration of the US dollar in its mechanism, confirmed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The minister added that the new payment system will not only be used to settle cross-border transactions, it will act as a complete financial set-up.
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The development, when launched, could attract emerging economies towards it making a shift away from the US dollar. The new BRICS payment system could lead to a paradigm shift in the global financial sector. Read here to know how many sectors in the US will be affected if BRICS ditches the dollar for trade.
New BRICS Payment System To Include Trading, Investing & Settlements
The Russian minister revealed that the new BRICS payment system will be equipped with trading, investing, and along with trade settlements. He explained that the mechanism will allow countries to partake in financial operations without being dependent on the US dollar. The move will make the alliance’s quest of de-dollarizing their economies much stronger.
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Lavrov also hit out at the US and Europe for pressing sanctions on countries they don’t like. He stressed that the sanctions are what led to BRICS decision on launching a new payment system. Even US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged that the White House sanctioning developing nations led to de-dollarization.
“Many are attracted by the fact that payment systems are being developed within BRICS. Which allows trading, investing, carrying out other economic operations without being dependent on those that decided to weaponize the dollar and the euro,” the foreign minister said.
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The minister added that developing nations will flock to the BRICS payment system in fear of US sanctions. “Everyone understands that anyone may face US or other Western sanctions,” he said during a meeting with Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty.
