China's Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang at the 55th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman China does not pursue a trade surplus and is willing to import more competitive and high-quality products and services to balance trade, Ding Xuexiang, the country's vice premier, said on Tuesday.

“I’m pretty comfortable with the market expectations for the upcoming two meetings,” the Dutch central banker told Bloomberg TV. “I’m not convinced yet that we need to go into stimulative mode.”

A speech by the U.N. chief, economic growth potential in places like China and Russia, the challenges of artificial intelligence and leaders from Spain to Malaysia are set to headline the agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos.

Officials and business executives at the annual gathering in Switzerland said the fight against global climate change would continue with or without the United States.

Donald Trump began his presidency with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions while also pardoning nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.

Tuesday saw the World Economic Forum in Davos begin in earnest. Not even a star turn from David Beckham could stop AI dominating conversations.

The World Economic Forum’s president says U.S. President Donald Trump will take part virtually in the annual meeting in Davos just days after his inauguration.

A new U.S. president’s promise to expand fossil fuels that is at odds with global ambitions to combat climate change will be a topic of discussion at the World Economic Forum.

Donald Trump returns to the White House today, but his arrival looks and feels a lot different than his first stop there in 2017. No longer a political outsider, Trump has firm control of the Republican party and a slew of high-profile executives backing him this time around.

Donald Trump will attend next week's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos digitally, its organisers said on Tuesday (January 14), as world leaders wait to hear more about the incoming U.S. President's policies and his pledge to end the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. The World Economic Forum officially began on Monday, but it's Tuesday when the event really kicks off.

Iran hopes that US President Donald Trump will agree to a new nuclear deal, Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos.