Davos: Von der Leyen, He, Macron and Carney to speak as Greenland crisis looms over WEF – business live

<p>Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos</p><p><strong>Donald Trump has suggested Britain’s decision to cede the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/chagos-islands">Chagos Islands</a> to Mauritius is among the reasons he wants to take over Greenland.</strong></p><p><strong>Karen Harris</strong>, managing director of <strong>Bain &amp; Company’s</strong> Macro Trends Group, says a new post-globalisation era is beginning, amid the ‘Great Transformation’:</p><p>“As the World Economic Forum in Davos gets underway, what is more striking than ever given recent events is that 2025 will ultimately be remembered as the year in which neoliberal globalisation ended and the post-globalisation era began. The world seems to be in the early stages of a new multidecadal era we refer to as the Great Transformation, with 2025 likely to ultimately be recalled as the inflection point for its acceleration.</p><p>“In the medium and longer term, we expect these changes will be growth drivers. But this time of change is occurring just as one of the most highly exaggerated business cycles in modern history (the post-pandemic cycle) is coming to its end.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jan/20/davos-von-der-leyen-he-macron-carney-wef-greenland-trump-uk-unemployment-business-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>

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