This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, Politics editor Laura Davison looks at President Donald Trump’s message to global leaders at the World Economic Forum. Sign up here and follow us at @bpolitics. Email our editors here. Few of the titans of industry and finance gathered…
President Donald Trump sought to dial up pressure on President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a deal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine by indicating he’s seeking to partner with China to try to reach a settlement. “Hopefully China can help us stop the war,” Trump said during a video address at the World Economic Forum…
Published on Jan 24, 2025 01:08 AM IST President Donald Trump stuns world leaders at Davos, unveiling a game-changing vision for the U.S. economy. Promising to reverse inflation, boost fossil fuel production, and lead in AI and cryptocurrencies, Trump declares a “revolution of common sense.” Markets brace as he hints at broad tariffs while vowing…
President Donald Trump said he would ask Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations to “bring down the cost of oil” and reiterated his threat to use tariffs to bring manufacturing back to the US as he addressed world leaders gathered in Davos on Thursday. Trump also said he would demand an immediate drop in interest…
Donald Trump hinted at a coming clash with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and other central bankers as he spoke virtually before the World Economic Forum, saying he would “demand” lower interest rates. “With oil prices going down, I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately,” he told the crowd of business leaders and politicians gathered…
In a virtual speech broadcast to world leaders at Davos, US President Donald Trump today put forward several pledges for his second term, including promises to battle government spending, “economic chaos” and increased public borrowing. He also spoke about trade, and said he would use tariffs to reshore manufacturing in America – adding that levies…
Hong Kong SAR–(Newsfile Corp. – January 23, 2025) – Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), Paul Chan, is among nearly 3,000 political leaders, financial officials and business elites attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Hong Kong SAR’s Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, speaks at the “2025 Davos-Caixin…
Donald Trump on Thursday will star in an eagerly-anticipated online appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, addressing global elites whose annual gabfest has been consumed by the US president’s days-old second term.Trump’s name has come up in almost every conversation in the Swiss Alpine village this week: in formal panel discussions, in shuttles…
Hong Kong’s finance chief has discussed strategies to avoid a “new, non-cooperative normal” with more than 70 global political and business leaders at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. Paul Chan Mo-po also promoted the city’s “new advantages” during various meetings with the leaders, according to the financial secretary’s office on Thursday. He…
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — Even a 25% tariff on China would hurt iconic retailer Ralph Lauren (RL). “It’s a pressure point. But again, I think we can work through it, and we can manage it. I think we’ve lived with tariffs already. It’s not a new concept and we’ve been able to navigate it,” Ralph Lauren…