At first just a rather silly Goldman Sachs acronym to describe the “big emerging” market (Brazil/Russia/India/China/South Africa), the BRICS has evolved into an actual organization that is increasingly relevant.
Unfortunately, quite a few things have changed since. So I would argue that the only viable long term formula would be the BRICA:
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