President Donald Trump repeated false claims about the US trade relationship with Canada and Europe in virtual Thursday remarks to the World Economic Forum in Davos. He also delivered a smattering of other misstatements and exaggerations about trade,

Little more than a year after storming to the presidency with a mandate to rip up the rule book and do whatever was needed to turn Argentina around, Javier Milei feels vindicated in his tear-it-down approach to governing.

I was among 700 people in the hall to hear Donald Trump address the World Economic Forum in Davos. I wondered whether his blunt style landed.

China is not seeking 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.

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with global finance and business leaders including Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon during a private lunch in Davos on Tuesday.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism about U.S.-China relations and urged China's intervention to end Russia's war in Ukraine. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump highlighted China's significant influence over the situation and called for collaborative efforts to halt the conflict.

"We actually no longer call it EV. We call it EIV. 'I' stands for intelligent," Pan Jian, a cochair of CATL, told a WEF panel in Davos, Switzerland.

During his presidential campaign, Trump pitched several ways to up tariffs on other countries. Those included a 10% to 20% tariff on all foreign imports, a 60% to 100% additional tariff on Chinese imports, and a 25% tariff on Mexican imports. Read more: How do tariffs work, and who really pays them?

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said on Wednesday it was important for the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economic superpowers, to improve their bilateral ties.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen declared Tuesday that Europe was ready to negotiate with the United States and seek to improve ties with China as Beijing warned against damaging trade wars in the face of Donald Trump's protectionism.