All eyes will be on Donald Trump next week as politicians and business leaders head to the World Economic Forum, wondering how to square the mercurial US leader with the Davos creed of open markets and multilateralism.
After a year of roiling the liberal international order since his re-election, Trump will descend on the Swiss ski resort for a meeting whose theme this year is "A Spirit of Dialogue".Â
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