{
  "id": 15737898,
  "title": "US suffers from dollar phobia, not Brics: South Africa envoy Anil Sooklal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/us-suffers-from-dollar-phobia-not-brics-south-africa-envoy-anil",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-20T10:40:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/us-suffers-from-dollar-phobia-not-brics-south-africa-envoy-anil-sooklal-11792473509528.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Brics members are focusing on expanding local-currency trade and building their own payment infrastructure rather than pursuing a shared currency, South Africa's high commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, said. He praised India's role in forging a unanimous Brics declaration",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}