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will be "America is back". Predictions that the US economy will grow by 3 per cent this year — added to worries about emerging markets — mean that Davos is likely to be bullish on America for the first time in years. But a revival of the US economy should not be confused with a EFTA_R1_02211214 EF

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well as in the Iran nuclear talks and the Israeli-Palestinian saga. The US also remains the main guarantor of the security arrangements of Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. And yet, America under President Obama is clearly more reluctant actually to use its military muscle. When Congress debated m

eir business). Especially large enterprises (e.g., Siemens) have played along and created their own “BRI Task Forces.” Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser said in Davos in 2018 that the Belt and Road would become the “new WTO.” Similar to instances elsewhere, when the Daimler company used a quote from the Dalai Lama

all the more concerning when Chinese influence is less easy to trace. It is impossible to tell, for example, if Huawei’s donation to Chatham House’s Asia-Pacific program will affect this venerable institution’s independence and if UK universities’ self censorship on their Chinese campuses will bleed into their

roaring defense of globaliza- tion, free trade, and economic openness and. liberalization. It was the first-ever speech by Chi- na’s head of state at Davos and, as commentators the world over noted with amazement and irony, as the United States under President Donald Trump was apparently retreating from

nt. Following is the review of the meaningful events of 2017. a January: Xi began the year with a memo- rable speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, mounting a roaring defense of globaliza- tion, free trade, and economic openness and. liberalization. It was the first-ever speech by C

their ranks. Doing so is notonlyin the interests of their bottom line but the health ofthe economies in which they work. Kevin Sneader is chairman, Asia-Pacific, of McKinsey & Company. Anu Madgavkar is a. partner at McKinsey Global Institute Older people still have lot to offer in the workplace Paul Yip say