Economics

Trump Takes Suddenly Sunny View on European Trade From Davos

  • Trump reaches truce with Macron, repeats EU auto-tariff threat
  • President struck generally upbeat tone on trade at Davos

Donald Trump waits to deliver a speech on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 21.

Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump came to Davos espousing his economic and trade policies as models for the world, sending some warm and some mixed messages to European nations that have endured his tariff threats on everything from cars to Camembert for almost three years.