{"id":22317,"date":"2023-01-30T14:54:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T14:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-media-group.com\/?p=22317"},"modified":"2023-01-30T14:54:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T14:54:35","slug":"the-state-of-dis-union-insights-from-the-wef-in-davos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.world-media-group.com\/admin\/2023\/01\/30\/the-state-of-dis-union-insights-from-the-wef-in-davos\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of (Dis) Union \u2013 Insights from the WEF in Davos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A panel comprising the World Media Group\u2019s top international journalists gathered in London earlier this week to report back on what went on behind closed doors at this year\u2019s World Economic Forum in Davos. Chaired by Jonathan Birdwell, Interim Global head and Regional head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, Economist Impact, speakers included Suzanne Lynch, Chief Brussels Correspondent, POLITICO Europe; Jeremy Kahn, Senior Writer, Fortune; Ayesha Javed, Senior Editor, TIME; and Dharshini David, Global Trade Correspondent, BBC News.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the session was to provide the audience who didn\u2019t attend Davos with \u2018finger on the pulse\u2019 insights into the conversations that took place around business and the economy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/world-media-group.com\/the-state-of-dis-union-ondemand\/\">Click here<\/a> to watch the full discussion and hear the panel\u2019s point of view on the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The economic climate \u2013 recession or no recession?<\/li>\n<li>The outlook for the Ukraine war<\/li>\n<li>Tech and innovation \u2013 the development of Chat GPT and AI<\/li>\n<li>The Net Zero transition \u2013 are we still on track?<\/li>\n<li>Crypto \u2013 what is its current standing?<\/li>\n<li>Does Davos give a platform for countries with questionable human rights standards?<\/li>\n<li>Diversity and profile \u2013 is Davos still relevant?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Setting the scene, Suzanne Lynch described Davos as a very ordinary little town in the middle of Switzerland, transformed to the centre of power once a year. Journalists have unfettered access to corporate and political leaders with the boundaries removed as everyone\u2019s ferried around the town together in little cars.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for this year was \u2018Co-operation in a fragmented world\u2019. Birdwell asked members of the panel whether that resonated or what their own takeaway headline would be.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jeremy Kahn, there\u2019s still not a lot of cooperation going on. \u201cI think there&#8217;s a lot of people talking about the need for cooperation. And yet, this kind of acknowledgement that they are geopolitics coming into play and borders going up between countries, and a lot of highlighting of the difficulty of cooperation given the current environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernments are competing with each other, both for things like semiconductor production that is considered of geostrategic importance, but also even in clean energy. There\u2019s quite a lot of competition between states about who&#8217;s going to offer what subsidies to what companies to get them there. All that was happening even though the highlight was supposed to be about how we all cooperate and work together on some of these problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although that may be true of the public discussions, Dharshini David believes that what\u2019s going on behind closed doors is more positive. \u201cWhen you talk to some of the corporate leaders who were there you realise it&#8217;s a bit like COP 27 \u2013 that when we talk about cooperation, what really matters is what&#8217;s going on in those rooms that are tucked away; the things that we don&#8217;t really see or hear when we&#8217;re there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that progress is being made at that sort of granular level with corporate leaders from different countries coming together or meeting senior government ministers and saying we need to work together on this. That makes me quite hopeful for things that are being achieved at Davos, and also what could be translated into the year ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ayesha Javed agrees that it remains a place to network where important conversations happen. \u201cThe networking and the closed-door conversation are really where it is most useful,\u201d she says. \u201cI heard Keir Starmer saying on a podcast that he would rather be in Davos than Westminster because he felt the conversations were much more productive!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is the WEF in Davos still a key facilitator in driving important discussions around business and the economy? 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