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Davos to welcome Trump virtually as he takes on US presidency, world awaits policies
Jan 14, 2025 6:31 AM

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Trump to join Davos meeting digitally, organisers say

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60 heads of state and government due to attend WEF meeting

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy to make address, take questions -WEF

By Marwa Rashad

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Donald Trump will attend next

week's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos digitally, its

organisers said on Tuesday, as world leaders wait to hear more

about the incoming U.S. President's policies and his pledge to

end the war in Ukraine.

Trump will return to the White House on Jan. 20, with his

inauguration coinciding with the start of the 55th annual

meeting of political and business leaders in the Swiss resort.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will make

a special address and take questions, the WEF said.

Among the other global leaders due to attend the meeting,

which will include 60 heads of state and government, are

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and China's

vice premier Ding Xuexiang, WEF President and CEO Borge Brende

said during a press conference on Tuesday.

Brende said Trump, who has twice previously attended the

meeting in Davos, will join "digitally" on the afternoon of Jan.

23, without giving further details. He said it would be a "very

special moment" to learn about the policy priorities of the new

Trump administration.

"There is a lot of interest to decipher and to understand

the policies of the new administration, so it will be an

interesting week," Brende said.

Topics on the Davos agenda span mounting global geopolitical

and economic uncertainty, trade tensions, climate goals and how

artificial intelligence can help make lives better.

Business leaders have become more optimistic about the

economy given Trump's pledges to reduce regulations, potentially

cut taxes and ease restrictions on activities including mergers

and acquisitions, Rich Lesser, global chair of Boston Consulting

Group, told Reuters ahead of the meeting.

But underlying optimism about Trump's pro-growth policies is

being offset by concerns about tariffs, deportations, a widening

budget deficit and the U.S. relationship with China, he said.

"The complex web of geopolitics, the intersection with

tariffs, the intersection with supply chains, competitiveness

differentiation will be a major theme," Lesser added.

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