Results of Davos 2019 – economic pessimism and innuendo

The regular World Economic Forum (WEF) took place in Davos against the background of aggravation of the geopolitical and trade conflicts, strengthening of protectionism, deterioration in an economic situation in the EU and uncertainty with Brexit. A number of world leaders refused participation in i...

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Main Author: Vladislav Belov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences 2019-02-01
Series:Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН
Subjects:
usa
Online Access:http://vestnikieran.instituteofeurope.ru/images/belov_1_2019.pdf
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Summary:The regular World Economic Forum (WEF) took place in Davos against the background of aggravation of the geopolitical and trade conflicts, strengthening of protectionism, deterioration in an economic situation in the EU and uncertainty with Brexit. A number of world leaders refused participation in it at the last minute. It caused pessimism of participants and raised an issue of future role of Davos as leading discussion platform on world economy and policy. The paper considers results of the 49th WEF and the prospects of the further development of WEF.
ISSN:2618-7914
2618-7914