SA: World leaders are ditching Davos

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SEEKING ALPHA reports: “The World Economic Forum will kick off in Davos, Switzerland, this week, but many key world leaders have canceled their trips with more pressing matters at home. Among them: President Trump (dealing with a government shutdown), Britain’s Theresa May (working out a new Brexit plan), France’s Emmanuel Macron (struggling to stop street protests), China’s Xi Jinping (grappling with a slowing economy) and India’s Narendra Modi (fighting for a second term).”