In 2017, weeks after Donald Trump’s first presidential election victory, Xi Jinping became the first Chinese head of state to address the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — winning applause as he inveighed against protectionism and declared that a trade war would hurt both sides.
“I’m pretty comfortable with the market expectations for the upcoming two meetings,” the Dutch central banker told Bloomberg TV. “I’m not convinced yet that we need to go into stimulative mode.”
In his first speech at the World Economic Forum of his second term, US President Donald Trump voiced optimism about Sino-American relations while warning of tariffs on companies that do not manufacture stateside.
On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump talked tough about imposing tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods and threatened to renew the trade war with China that he launched during his first term.
It’s become something of a cliché for delegates at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting to quiz each other about “the mood in Davos”. The nearly 3,000 political leaders, executives, financiers, and policymakers who descended on the Swiss mountain resort last week offered differing answers to that theme.
President Trump's approach to China significantly shifted since his campaign, focusing on a nuanced relationship balancing trade concerns and diplomatic engagement. As he adopts pragmatic strategies,
In virtual remarks to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump on Thursday spouted many false or misleading economic claims. Here’s a quick rundown.
That was disarming, so to speak. China in recent years has used Davos to sneer at what it saw as a declining America, and to treat the WEF as an “information operation.” But this year ...
World leaders and business executives left the Swiss mountain resort of Davos after a week of discussions dominated from a distance by Donald Trump's return as U.S. President. There was real talk of regional peace,
Washington's withdrawal from the climate pact is not expected to meaningfully change the energy transition momentum, which is seen more in China and Europe than the U.S., but executives in Davos ...
Anwar's statement at the World Economic Forum emphasises the need to balance strong relations with China while addressing maritime issues Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged Southeast Asian nations not to "single out" Beijing over South China Sea disputes,
Indian markets offer an attractive medium-to-long term investment opportunity, despite a recent exodus of foreign money, fund managers told Reuters on the sidelines of last week's World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos.