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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

World leaders in Davos must stand up to Trump. This is their chance

a general view of various buildings in the town of Davos at nightfall
‘I hope the leaders now assembling at Davos speak out against Trump’s tyrannous assault on international laws and rules.’ Photograph: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images

Hundreds of global CEOs, finance titans, and more than 60 prime ministers and presidents are in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual confab of the world’s powerful and wealthy: the World Economic Forum.

This year’s Davos meeting occurs at a time when Donald Trump is not just unleashing his brownshirts on Minneapolis and other American cities, but also dismantling the international order that’s largely been in place since the end of the second world war – threatening Nato, withdrawing from international organizations including the UN climate treaty, violating the UN charter by invading Venezuela and abducting Nicolás Maduro, upending established trade rules, and demanding that the US annex Greenland.

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