ZELENSKYY TELLS BRET BAIER FUNDING UKRAINE IS ABOUT ‘MORALITY,’ NOT ECONOMICS<\/strong><\/p>\n“We should focus on the main conflict in Gaza. And as soon as it\u2019s defused, I believe everything else will be defused,” he said, adding that a two-state solution was required to end the conflict.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Mohammed also warned a military confrontation “will not contain” the Houthi attacks.<\/p>\n
“I think that what we have right now in the region is a recipe of escalation everywhere,” he added.<\/p>\n
Li, the Chinese premier, focused on pitching the country as a place to invest, noting that “we are opening wide our embrace.” He said China\u2019s economy is estimated to have grown about 5.2% last year, exceeding the target it had set of 5%.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s economy, for decades a leading engine of global expansion, has struggled since COVID-19 restrictions, with high youth unemployment and the implosion of its overbuilt property market.<\/p>\n
Li gave veiled criticizism of U.S. restrictions on China\u2019s ability to buy advanced computer chips used in everything from cellphones to washing machines.<\/p>\n
“Technology\u2019s achievements should be used to benefit all humankind and it should not be used as a method to limit, to suppress another country,” Li said.<\/p>\n
Von der Leyen reiterated that the EU doesn’t want to break from Beijing \u2014 one of its most important trade partners \u2014 but ease the risks of relying too heavily on it because “we have issues when it comes to access to the market, when it comes to a level playing field, when it comes to economic security.”<\/p>\n
She noted China’s export controls on metals used in computer chips, solar cells and more.<\/p>\n
For the U.S., Sullivan said no when The Associated Press asked whether he would meet with China\u2019s delegation as he headed into talks with Zelenskyy and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy, once reticent about leaving his war-torn country, has recently gone on a whirlwind tour to try to rally support for Ukraine’s cause against Russia amid donor fatigue in the West and concerns that former U.S. President Donald Trump \u2014 who touted having good relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin \u2014 might return to the White House next year following his commanding win Monday in the Iowa caucuses.<\/p>\n
He hopes to parlay the high visibility of the event into a bully pulpit to showcase Ukraine\u2019s pressing needs, and allies will be lining up: Corporate chiefs including JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and officials like von der Leyen learned in multiple gatherings what support and investment was needed to help Ukraine rebuild.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s time for us, for Ukrainian companies, for international companies to rebuild (the) Ukrainian economy,” Maxim Timchenko, CEO of Ukrainian energy company DTEK said after the session. “To rely on ourselves. To build a future for Ukraine.”<\/p>\n
In her speech, Von der Leyen painted an optimistic view of the war in Ukraine despite the stalemate on the battlefield. She said Russia has “lost half of its military capabilities,” while Ukraine regained half the ground it had originally lost early in the invasion.<\/p>\n
A day earlier, Zelenskyy made a stop in Switzerland\u2019s capital, Bern, where President Viola Amherd pledged her country would start working with Ukraine to help organize a “peace summit” for Ukraine.<\/p>\n
UK TO INCREASE UKRAINE AID TO $3.2B, ITS LARGEST ANNUAL FUNDING SINCE RUSSIA’S INVASION<\/strong><\/p>\nThe theme of the meeting in Davos is “rebuilding trust,” and it comes as that sentiment has been fraying globally: Wars in the Middle East and Europe have increasingly split the world into different camps.<\/p>\n
While the geopolitical situation has oozed gloom, businesses appear more hopeful \u2014 in part from prospects that artificial intelligence can help boost productivity.<\/p>\n
AI is a major topic at Davos, with a key talk by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella \u2014 whose company has invested billions in ChatGPT maker OpenAI \u2014 among the sessions Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Nadella, speaking at a Bloomberg News event ahead of his talk, indicated that issues surrounding OpenAI’s leadership have been resolved. The ChatGPT maker’s governance and relationship with Microsoft came into question last year after the startup\u2019s board suddenly fired CEO Sam Altman, who was then swiftly reinstated.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m comfortable, I have no issues with any structure” of the operating model at OpenAI, Nadella said. “What I would like is good governance and real stability.”<\/p>\n
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