On September 8, 2025 an online summit of the BRICS interstate association is scheduled to take place TASS-FACTBOX. On September 8, 2025 an online summit of the BRICS interstate association is scheduled to take place. The meeting is organized by the alliance's rotating chair Brazil, at the initiative of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The emergency summit will focus on US trade policy. Lula da Silva wants the BRICS members to formulate a common strategy for responding to the