DAVOS: As the world鈥檚 financial and political elites convene here in the Swiss Alps for the World Economic Forum, their vision of ever-closer commercial and political ties is under attack 鈥� and the economic outlook is darkening.
Britain鈥檚 political system has been thrown into chaos as the country negotiates a messy divorce from the European Union. Under President Donald Trump, the United States is imposing trade sanctions on friend and foe alike, and the government is paralyzed by a partial shutdown that forced Trump and a high-level US delegation to cancel the trip to Davos.
French President Emmanuel Macron is sinking in the polls as he contends with 鈥測ellow vest鈥� protesters. Nationalist political movements are gaining strength across Europe.
And experts are downgrading forecasts for global growth this year.