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And when did it get added? Or have I been misreading this for years? I always thought the label was "BRIC".
by yamtaddle 4y ago
And when did it get added? Or have I been misreading this for years? I always thought the label was "BRIC".
- FredPret 4y agoThey needed an African representative
- prottog 4y agoIt's been BRICS for as long as I can remember.
- yamtaddle 4y agoFound the answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC Original term (referring to no formal organization) was BRIC, coined in 2001. BRICs common as a plural form, as in "the BRICs" (which I recall seeing), but not BRICS. The four countries started holding summits in 2009, and in 2010 declared South Africa part of the group, at which point a specific sense of the term (referring to invitees to these summits and members of related efforts or organizations) became BRICS.