New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, during a press conference in New Delhi, emphasised that BRICS is not against any country and reaffirmed the grouping's commitment to multilateralism and free trade, amid recent criticism from US President Donald Trump.

Trump had on Wednesday labelled BRICS as "an attack on the dollar" during a bilateral lunch with Argentine President Javier Milei at the White House. "I'm powerful on the dollar, and anybody that wants to deal in dollars, they have an advantage over people that aren't," Trump said.

He further warned that the US would impose tariffs on nations seeking to join the ten-member bloc, asserting, "BRICS, which is basically a group of countries that are anti-United S...