No idea. I can see not up voting it. I think it's a bit of a non-story. Country looks to maybe join a group containing it's some of it large trading partners. This group might or might not do something on the future. Only interesting bit is it's the BRICS.

But a down vote just feels unnecessary. The story is factual. The source is fine. It might be relevant to someone.

Why is this downvoted?

It is imperative to keep pretending that BRICS expansion is just a nothing-burger and de-dollarization isn't happening, otherwise some people's entire worldview crumbles.

Rediquette is making its way to Lemmy apparently.

I imagine advances in communication and transportation technologies play a factor as well, we see things develop at a much faster rate today than they have in the past.