A year ago, some Davos participants predicted Donald Trump’s protectionist rhetoric would lead to sluggish economic growth and lacklustre stock market gains. Photo: ReutersWashington: President Donald Trump has a familiar message for the global elites populating the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland: You were wrong. A year ago, some Davos participants predicted Trump’s protectionist rhetoric would lead to sluggish economic growth and lacklustre stock market gains. He’ll also seek to persuade the Davos audience in a major speech on Friday that his populist, “America First” policies can co-exist with globalism. Trump was also encouraged to go by other world leaders and company executives, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.

Source: Mint January 25, 2018 08:48 UTC