The BRICS Summit 2023 agenda is also expected to cover trade and investment facilitation, sustainable development, innovation, and global governance reform. It is also expected to cover the much-debated proposition of a new, gold-backed currency and BRICS expansion. In the SAFM panel, SAIIA’s Senior Researcher Gustavo De Carvalho says the BRICS is a vehicle that aims to strengthen its members’ voices in international affairs.