Daily Analysis of 'The Hindu' - 16th January, 2020 | Additional Study Material for UPSC PDF Download

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?World Economic Forum is making final 
preparations for its landmark 50th 
anniversary summit at Davos, 
Switzerland. 
?2020 theme: “stakeholders for a 
cohesive and sustainable world ”. 
?US President Donald Trump’s “America 
First ” vision. 
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Index WEF 
?World Economic Forum is making final 
preparations for its landmark 50th 
anniversary summit at Davos, 
Switzerland. 
?2020 theme: “stakeholders for a 
cohesive and sustainable world ”. 
?US President Donald Trump’s “America 
First ” vision. 
?Trump’s vision has been a key driver of 
the breakdown in international 
agreements and cooperation. 
?In the last few years it has undermined 
a range of global agreements, including
the Paris climate change treaty. 
?At Davos, Trump will not be very 
popular because of his vision.  
?In this vacuum, others have been 
warmly received in Davos. 
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Index WEF 
?World Economic Forum is making final 
preparations for its landmark 50th 
anniversary summit at Davos, 
Switzerland. 
?2020 theme: “stakeholders for a 
cohesive and sustainable world ”. 
?US President Donald Trump’s “America 
First ” vision. 
?Trump’s vision has been a key driver of 
the breakdown in international 
agreements and cooperation. 
?In the last few years it has undermined 
a range of global agreements, including
the Paris climate change treaty. 
?At Davos, Trump will not be very 
popular because of his vision.  
?In this vacuum, others have been 
warmly received in Davos. 
?2017: Xi Jinping made an impassioned 
defence of globalisation in the face of 
T r u mp ’ s protectionist rhetoric. 
?The WEF itself has ridden this wave of 
optimism and pessimism through its 
provision in the last several decades of 
a global platform for dialogue. 
?Davos Declaration signed in 1988 by 
Greece and Turkey, which saw the two 
turn back from the brink of war.  
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Index WEF 
?World Economic Forum is making final 
preparations for its landmark 50th 
anniversary summit at Davos, 
Switzerland. 
?2020 theme: “stakeholders for a 
cohesive and sustainable world ”. 
?US President Donald Trump’s “America 
First ” vision. 
?Trump’s vision has been a key driver of 
the breakdown in international 
agreements and cooperation. 
?In the last few years it has undermined 
a range of global agreements, including
the Paris climate change treaty. 
?At Davos, Trump will not be very 
popular because of his vision.  
?In this vacuum, others have been 
warmly received in Davos. 
?2017: Xi Jinping made an impassioned 
defence of globalisation in the face of 
T r u mp ’ s protectionist rhetoric. 
?The WEF itself has ridden this wave of 
optimism and pessimism through its 
provision in the last several decades of 
a global platform for dialogue. 
?Davos Declaration signed in 1988 by 
Greece and Turkey, which saw the two 
turn back from the brink of war.  
?In 1989, North and South Korea held their first 
ministerial-level meetings at the WEF in Switzerland. 
?East German Prime Minister Hans Modrow and 
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl met there to discuss 
German reunification. 
?As multiple reports highlight, there is currently a 
potentially toxic cocktail of trade disputes, 
environmental risks, cyber threats, and geopolitical 
dangers threatening the fundamental fabric of the 
global political economy.