Overview
- The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting runs January 19–23 in Davos with roughly 3,000 participants from more than 130 countries under the theme “A Spirit of Dialogue.”
- The White House says President Trump will deliver a keynote where he is expected to unveil measures to lower housing costs, including allowing retirement savings to be used for down payments.
- European leaders condemned Trump’s warning of escalating tariffs unless the U.S. gains control of Greenland, a dispute that weighed on the euro and the pound and is set to dominate discussions.
- Organisers and reports describe the largest-ever U.S. contingent, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, while the White House says no Trump–Zelenskyy bilateral is confirmed.
- India has mounted a major push with Union ministers, multiple chief ministers and over 100 CEOs seeking investment; Assam’s Himanta Biswa Sarma is the first Assamese chief minister to attend, and Karnataka touts an “execution-first” approach to convert proposals into projects.