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The 7th Meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers was held in Shanghai, China from August, 1-2, 2017. The trade ministers of BRICS nations discussed trade facilitation, economic and technological cooperation, capacity building and the multilateral trade system in the meeting. It adopted adopted the following documents at the conclusion of the meeting: 7th BRICS Trade Ministers' Joint Statement, BRICS trade in services cooperation roadmap, BRICS e-commerce cooperation initiative, BRICS IPR cooperation guidelines, etc.