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WEF chairman welcomes Trump visit but doesn’t expect any ‘miracles’

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The new co-chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), André Hoffmann, says he has no great expectations of Donald Trump's appearance at the forum. "I don't expect any miracles," said the heir to Swiss pharma firm Roche on Thursday in the business newspaper Handelszeitung. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox He was speaking to the press for the first time since taking up his new post last summer alongside Blackrock founder Larry Fink. "The WEF is delighted to have the president of the world's most powerful country in Davos," said Hoffmann, who had previously described the US president as a "corrupt old man". "Different voices must be heard if we are to establish a true spirit of dialogue," he added. The WEF's new co-chair asserted that the programme had not been changed at Trump's request. "The programme was set well before it became clear that the United States would be present" and no one had asked for it to be changed, he said. 'Everything remains as it ... Full story here Are you the author?
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