The world is focused on the continuing eurozone crisis, the US is turning in on itself and the emerging markets of Latin America, Asia and Russia are determined to integrate with the global economy – those, at least, are the trends evidenced by the delegate list for this year’s World Economic Forum event in Davos.
As eurozone tensions continue, observers believe the attendance of Jean-Claude Trichet, European Central Bank president, Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, which has the presidency of the G20, could see the Swiss ski resort play host to important behind-the-scenes negotiations on European stability.
David Cameron, the British prime minister, and George Osborne, his finance minister, will also be there.