‘Tariffs signal new trade era’


One for the album: Mohamad (fifth from left) with his foreign counterparts posing for a group photo at the BRICS Partners Foreign Ministers Meeting 2025 in Rio de Janeiro.

PETALING JAYA: The Global South is becoming a key international player and it must chart a new course forward as the world economy is being undermined by the United States’ new trade policies, says Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. 

Mohamad, who spoke at the BRICS Partners Foreign Ministers Meeting 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday, said the slew of tariffs recently announced by the United States should be viewed as an opportunity rather than a threat.

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