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"A Spirit of Dialogue”: the theme for this year’s World Economic Forum, the gathering of the global elite in the sparkling Alpine air of Davos, seems a heroic stretch, when star guest Donald Trump has spent the past year smashing up the world order. The president will touch down alongside the snowcapped Swiss mountains with the largest US delegation ever seen at the WEF, including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and the special envoy Steve Witkoff. Last year, just days after his second inauguration, Trump was beamed in to...

Boris Johnson has waded into the escalating trade row between the US and China, saying he wants to see tariffs removed. Speaking to reporters en route to the G7 summit in Biarritz, the British prime minister said he was “very, very concerned” about the tit-for-tat conflict between the US and China ...Asked about the issue on Saturday, Johnson said: “This is not the way to proceed. Apart from anything else, those who support the tariffs are at risk of incurring the blame for the downturn in the global economy, irrespective of whether that is true. “I want to see an...