BRICS Not Against US, But US Unilateralism, Economist Sachs Says Amid Dollar Weaponisation

Source: ANI (Asian News International) | Original Published At: 2026-09-15 06:25:18 UTC

Key Points

• American economist Jeffrey Sachs said BRICS is not an alliance against the United States but represents a push for a multipolar and genuinely multilateral global order.
• Sachs spoke to ANI after the recently concluded 18th BRICS Summit under India's chairship and the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration.
• He said BRICS calls for disputes to be resolved through diplomacy rather than unilateral action or wars of aggression.
• Sachs said he supports alternatives to the US dollar because the currency has been weaponised as a foreign policy tool.
• He argued that countries should have mechanisms to conduct trade outside the dollar when they disagree with Washington's demands, citing India-Russia trade and SWIFT.
• Sachs referenced former US President Donald Trump's opposition to moving away from the dollar as evidence that the United States views dollar dominance as core foreign policy.