CHINA SLAMS “LAW OF THE JUNGLE”
Other prominent foreign leaders addressing the WEF on Tuesday included Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, whose country has been locked in a trade war with Trump.
“A select few countries should not have privileges based on self-interest, and the world cannot revert to the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak,” He said, without naming any country.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has sought to reduce his country’s reliance on the United States in its own tariffs feud with Trump, will also speak in Davos later Tuesday.
As US ties fray, Carney turned the page on years of diplomatic tensions with China during a visit to Beijing last week, securing a preliminary trade agreement to reduce tariffs.
Other flashpoints on the WEF agenda include the crises in Venezuela, Gaza, Iran – and Ukraine.
Europe, which is ramping up defence spending to break its security reliance on the United States, still needs Washington’s help to end the Ukraine war and deter the looming Russian threat to its east.
But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Tuesday that he feared the furore over Greenland could divert attention.
“I’m worried about any loss of focus during a full-scale war,” Zelenskyy told reporters, adding that the two crises should not be seen as “interchangeable”.
UN chief Antonio Guterres, a Davos regular, cancelled his participation after coming down with a “bad cold”, his office said.
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