Davos 2006
Resources
Ministers promise to accelerate pace of Doha talks
Ministers have promised to start making the vital trade-offs that will enable the stuttering Doha round of global trade talks to reach its target of an outline deal by the end of April.
Dissent rules at Davos forum on every big issue
Tim Adams, the US Treasury’s top international affairs official, spent last week at the World Economic Forum warning other countries to be careful what they wished for.
Davos video comment: FT editor Lionel Barber
As the World Economic Forum draws to a close, Lionel Barber, FT editor, comments on the big themes debated this year.
Doha unity boils down to a matter of trust and time
Ministers strove to give the impression that the Doha round of trade talks had reached the beginning of the end.
Harvard president warns on global imbalances
Davos disagrees on action for world economy
Related content and features
Business leader blog
Mike Rake: More trust needed in business
KPMG International’s chairman sees progress being made in creating barrier-free trade and says more companies need to understand the business and moral case for corporate social responsibility. But as he prepares to leave Davos, he’s disappointed not to have got on the ski slopes this year.
Tech pioneer blog
George Polk: Power breakfast with Musharraf
George Polk, chief executive of Wi-Fi network provider The Cloud, started the day with a breakfast with General Musharraf of Pakistan. After the carefully prepared and packaged presentations from other world leaders, Mr Musharraf’s blunt and fairly unapologetic defence of his role was refreshing.
FT exclusive
Lesson one: ‘There are no stupid ideas’
What would happen if the forward march of globalisation was suddenly slammed into reverse? Will India be the new China? And in the modern workplace, what makes people happy? John Thornhill, the FT’s European edition editor, reports exclusively from closed-door workshops for business leaders in Davos.
Discussion & poll
What is the greatest risk to the world economy?
The theme of this year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting was “The creative imperative” for fresh responses to global challenges. On which issues do you think business leaders, politicians, cultural and religious leaders should be focusing their minds in 2006? Have your say in our discussion forum and poll.
