Overview
- The World Economic Forum said its Davos 2026 invitation to heads of state includes President Trump and that a confirmed attendee list will be released one week before the meeting.
- People familiar with planning say Trump is expected to attend and travel with a large entourage, while a White House official cautioned that plans remain unfinalized and could change.
- Swiss negotiators arrived in Washington seeking to close a deal to lower the 39% U.S. tariffs on Swiss exports and were scheduled to meet U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
- The tariffs, the highest imposed by the U.S. on any advanced economy, have been in place since August following a contentious leader-to-leader call, spurring Swiss efforts to renegotiate.
- The Forum will be overseen in January by interim leaders Larry Fink and Andre Hoffmann after an independent probe cleared founder Klaus Schwab of wrongdoing.