Davos braces for Trump's 'America First' onslaughtListen to this articleDonald Trump addressing last year's World Economic Forum in Davos via a giant video screenPARIS (FRANCE) - All eyes will be on Donald Trump next week as politicians and business leaders head to the World Economic Forum, wondering how to square the mercurial US leader with the Davos creed of open markets and multilateralism. "We're pleased to welcome back President Trump," Borge Brende, the forum's chief executive, told an online press conference ahead of the Davos summit, six years after Trump's previous in-person appearance during his first term. China is sending Vice Premier He Lifeng to Davos, while EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky will also attend. With his tariffs, trade "is a subject where Trump has made a lot of noise", Pascal Lamy, former head of the World Trade Organization, told AFP. Among the 850 CEOs or board chairs set to attend are Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Microsoft's Satya Nadella.

Source: Bangkok Post January 14, 2026 09:36 UTC