US sends large delegation to Davos

The delegation from the United States at this year’s World Economic Forum’s meeting in Davos will be one of the largest ever.

In addition to Donald Trump, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will be there – as well as many others from the US cabinet.

Other dignitaries from across the political spectrum will include Israeli president Isaak Herzog, the new Syrian leader Ahmed al-Charaa, Argentinian president Javier Milei, Colombian counterpart Gustavo Pedro, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy– and the Chinese deputy Prime Minister. 

The forum says the theme of this year’s meeting will be the ‘Spirit of Dialogue’ – there’ll be certainly many different points of view in Davos this year.

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