Overview
- The World Economic Forum runs January 19–23 in Davos with roughly 3,000 participants and the theme “A Spirit of Dialogue.”
- President Donald Trump is attending in person with what organizers call the largest U.S. delegation, including Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent, and he is slated to speak on Wednesday.
- European leaders are grappling with Washington’s threat of new tariffs tied to a Greenland takeover bid, and the Danish government is skipping Davos as the dispute intensifies.
- India is fielding one of its biggest-ever contingents led by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, with multiple chief ministers courting investors; Assam is participating for the first time with key agreements expected.
- The agenda tilts toward AI and growth with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and other tech leaders featured, as WEF operates under interim co-chairs Larry Fink and André Hoffmann following Klaus Schwab’s departure.