Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Advocates for Trust and Balance in Global Trade at 2025 IDU Forum in Brussels
At the 2025 International Democrat Union (IDU) Alliance Forum held in Brussels, former Vice President of Ghana and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, joined an elite panel of global leaders to deliberate on the topic, “Trade Wars, Tariff Battles and the New Geoeconomic Order: How to Restore Stability.”
In his compelling address, Dr. Bawumia offered a critical analysis of contemporary global trade tensions, particularly the fallout from major disputes like the US-China tariff standoff. He emphasized that trade imbalances are fundamentally rooted in macroeconomic disparities, and warned that imposing tariffs cannot rectify such structural issues.
“Tariffs cannot fix macroeconomic imbalances, and history has consistently shown that attempts to do so are bound to...