Trump's long-awaited Davos speech was practically a love-letter to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping
that Trump pledged to postpone retaliatory tariffs in return. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is expected to meet with his U.S. counterpart Steve Mnuchin in Davos on Wednesday. Stay tuned for more.Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei tried to sound reassuring on a panel this morning ominously titled “Technology Arms Race,” . It was touted by the Economist’s Zanny Minton Beddoes as “one of the hottest tickets in Davos” — not to mention one of the most controversial.
. At the 2019 forum, Bregman called out the hypocrisy of tax-minimizing billionaires flying into Davos aboard their private jets to decry climate change and inequality.We grilled the WEF Monday about the slow progress of increasing women’s participation at Davos. The forum responded by pledging to double female involvement by 2030.Philip Morris International is transitioning to “delivering a smoke-free future.” If that makes you raise an eyebrow, you are not the only one.
There’s a permanent risk of being discovered and told to move, and every footfall, car light or sudden movement is liable to wake you. Leaving the sleeping camp just before 6 a.m. also presented a whole new side of Davos: the supplier class made up of e-car drivers, safety officers, food vendors and others who are all up well before dawn making the WEF work for the 0.1 percent.
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