Overview
- The 56th World Economic Forum runs January 19–23 with roughly 3,000 participants from about 130 countries, including dozens of heads of state and hundreds of CEOs.
- President Donald Trump is due to speak Wednesday in person, backed by one of the largest U.S. delegations in years and a visible footprint that includes a dedicated USA House and reinforced security.
- Trump has threatened surtaxes on countries that oppose his push to take control of Greenland, prompting EU deliberations on possible countermeasures and fresh assertions of Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty by Ursula von der Leyen.
- Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders take the stage Tuesday to set out a multilateral response, with Macron scheduled to depart the Swiss resort the same day without crossing paths with Trump.
- Corporate schedules have been reshuffled to accommodate Trump’s address, as the forum also faces renewed scrutiny over elitism and its environmental footprint after Greenpeace counted roughly 700 extra private-jet flights during last year's meeting.