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BRICS Business Forum Opens in New Delhi for Trade
The BRICS Business Forum has started in New Delhi.
It brings business leaders and government officials together before the main BRICS meeting.
They will discuss how member countries can trade and invest more with one another.
They will also talk about artificial intelligence, technology, finance and energy security.
Jai Shroff said BRICS countries should work like a connected economic network.
This means one country’s resources or technology could help businesses in another country.
India’s priorities are resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability.
The forum’s ideas could be shared with leaders when the main summit begins on September 12.
The BRICS Business Forum began in New Delhi ahead of the 2026 BRICS Summit.
Speakers include S Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, Rajesh Agrawal and Jai Shroff.
India’s BRICS chairmanship is focused on resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability.
Discussions are expected to cover trade, investment, finance, artificial intelligence, technology and energy security.
The forum’s recommendations may inform BRICS summit declarations and future economic programmes.
- Who
- Business and government leaders from BRICS member countries, including S Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, Rajesh Agrawal and Jai Shroff.
- What
- The BRICS Business Forum is meeting to discuss trade, investment, finance, technology, artificial intelligence, energy security and sustainable development.
- Where
- New Delhi, India.
- When
- The forum is underway before the main BRICS Summit programme scheduled to begin on September 12, 2026.
- Why
- To develop economic priorities, strengthen cooperation among BRICS members and provide business recommendations to policymakers.
Key facts
- Event
- BRICS Business Forum
- Location
- New Delhi, India
- Host country
- India
- Chairmanship priorities
- Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability
- Main subjects
- Trade, investment, finance, technology, artificial intelligence and energy security
- Business role
- The forum provides private-sector perspectives and recommendations to policymakers.
- Upcoming programme
- The main BRICS Summit programme is scheduled to begin on September 12, 2026.
Quotes
Jai Shroff
Chair of the BRICS Business Council
“We should not be looking at BRICS as a group of large markets but as an economic network where our strengths can reinforce one another. A resource in one BRICS economy can support manufacturing in another. A technology developed in one market can find scale in another. Capital can find projects and business can find new partners and customers across our economy.”
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“India’s BRICS chairmanship under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been built around four priorities: Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability. These are important priorities for the government, but equally relevant for business.”
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