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“Davos should feel very flattered that he has chosen this as a forum”, Chao said at a panel discussion, according to Politico. “And it should be quite a confrontation”.

The findings are significantly better than a year ago, when only 29 percent were bullish on the world economy, and match much of the optimism expressed by business leaders heading for the forum in Switzerland.

Much of the attention will focus on Donald Trump, who plans to be the first sitting American president to attend since Bill Clinton in 2000.

(His chief of staff John Kelly, who has been spearheading the White House’s hardline immigration policies, is no longer included.) The group is coming “to tell the world that America is open for business”, Cohn said.

So, as he addresses the global power brokers gathered here, Trump will make headlines whatever he says.

Two of Donald Trump’s most senior cabinet members delivered mixed messages on the US’s economic and trade agenda to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, ahead of the USA president’s much-anticipated address to the conference later this week.

This follows the embarrassing ruckus caused by Mr Trump just a couple of weeks ago when he denounced the US Embassy move to south London, labelling Nine Elms as an “off location”. We owe it to society to use this privilege for good. “I mean, one of the reasons that we’re down in Europe in particular is the new revelation that Donald Trump is not Barack Obama”. To showcase the opportunities that this policy can offer to European and global partners. “I think longer term the strength of the dollar is a reflection of the strength of the USA economy and the fact that it is, and will continue to be, the primary. reserve currency”. “Look, any American president who cares about polls like these is the wrong choice for the job”. That comes with the responsibility of moral leadership. More than 130 Indian CEOs are at the WEF this year.

He added: “And if Davos doesn’t pressure leaders like Trudeau to be the best they can be, or hold them accountable, this gathering is a self-defeating backslapping waste of time the world doesn’t have”.

Trudeau’s efforts to attract investment in Canada come amid an uncertain future for the North American Free Trade Agreement and the country’s special access to the us market.

The speech itself is under close wraps but The World Economic Forum has given a hint that the the outspoken President will use the opportunity to speak out about United States interests.