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.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump said he had once sought approval for a project in Ireland, but ditched it once he was told that it would take “five to six years ... And I said, ‘You have to be kidding.'"
President Donald Trump has given everyone at Davos something to talk about with his actions on the first day of his second term.
An intensified trans-Atlantic competition, despite calls for cooperation, belied an overall upbeat mood among many business leaders in Davos who are looking for economic growth, fewer regulations, lower taxes and greater efficiencies through technologies like artificial intelligence — another key theme to the week.
Business leaders in Davos joined calls by U.S. President Donald Trump for the European Union to speed up efforts to reduce regulation and increase competition to prevent the bloc from falling further behind other developed markets.
I was among 700 people in the hall to hear Donald Trump address the World Economic Forum in Davos. I wondered whether his blunt style landed.
The European Union wants to engage and negotiate with U.S. President Donald Trump, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, warning of the risk of a "global race to the bottom" using tools such as tariffs.
The European Union and the U.S. should look at lowering tariffs on each other as part of a solution to President Trump's threats of higher levies, the EU's trade envoy said. The comments from Maroš Šefčovič,
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned on Tuesday of the risk of a 'global race to the bottom' using economic tools such as sanctions, export controls and tariffs. Speaking at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting a day after the inauguration of U.
It's the last full day of the WEF in Davos, where the rich and powerful were discussing the economy and tech. Then Donald Trump showed up.
People watch the inauguration of Donald Trump on screens at the Ukraine house alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber ...