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

Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos

Good morning from Davos, where the World Economic Forum is getting underway under the shadow of Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland.

Nearly 3,000 leaders, including more than heads of state and government, are convening in Davos under the theme A Spirit of Dialogue – an optimistic position, given the pressures facing the old world order.

The sight of one NATO member coveting another’s territory, and threatening trade levies if it can’t have it, is anathma to WEF’s identity as a champion of the rules-based, multilateral system.

So, that Spirit of Dialogue will be tested, as European leaders question how to handle a US president who likes to communicate through the big stick of tariff threats.