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An armed Swiss police officer stands guard on the roof of a hotel near the congress center where the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, take place in in Davos, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Survey: CEO pessimism on economy spreads after upbeat 2018

By JAMEY KEATEN and IVANA BZGANOVIC - Associated Press

The congress centre, venue for the World Economic Forum, is covered with snow in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. The World Economic Forum will take place in Davos from Jan. 22, 2019 until Jan. 25, 2019. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

Facing populist assault, global elites regroup in Davos

By PAUL WISEMAN and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

People set up the main stage at the congress center where the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum 2019, WEF, take place in Davos, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Oxfam says world wealth gap widening, advocates fairer taxes

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Protesters burn fireworks during a demonstration against the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Bern, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. The WEF will take place from January 22 till January 25 in Davos. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)

World Economic Forum global elites regroup in Davos amid populist assault

By Paul Wiseman and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks to reporters after giving a classified briefing to members of the House of Representatives, telling them that the Trump administration will keep strict U.S. sanctions on the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Steven Mnuchin will lead pared-down U.S. delegation to economic meeting in Davos, Switzerland

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gestures as reporters raise their hands while he speaks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday Jan. 10, 2019, in Washington, en route for a trip to the border in Texas as the government shutdown continues. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump cancels trip to Switzerland over government shutdown

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 2, 2015 file photo, Russian metals magnate Oleg Deripaska attends Independence Day celebrations at Spaso House, the residence of the American Ambassador, in Moscow, Russia. A day after the World Economic Forum said it will include a Russian delegation at the forum, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday Dec. 17, 2018, welcomed the announcement that billionaires Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg, and the head of the state-controlled bank VTB Andrei Kostin, will be able to attend the annual gathering in the Swiss ski resort of Davos in January. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Kremlin hails go-ahead for oligarchs to attend Davos forum

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Russia to boycott World Economic Forum if its tycoons barred

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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with governors and lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, April 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump orders aides to pursue reopening of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times