A Vancouver courtroom will this week become the unlikely battleground for growing tensions between China and the West, as a Canadian judge begins hearing evidence on whether to extradite top Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. What to look forward to tomorrow (including more fun at Davos of course! With the official WEF launch a few minutes, I’m handing over to my colleague LaToya Harding, who will guide you through the opening remarks. In her opening speech, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says the current global situation is like the 1920s, with the rise of political polarisation hand-in-hand with growing financial inequality and a massive risk/reward trade-off in finance. Don Lam  Davies has been part of the company’s legal counsel for over a decade and was named one of Canada’s most influential general counsels in September 2019. The UK is the fourth most important nation for business growth plans behind only the US, China and Germany, according to a PwC report launched at the World Economic Forum’s annual conference in Davos, the most important gathering of global political and business elites. Department store chain Beales has collapsed into administration after failing to find a last-minute buyer to rescue the 139-year-old business, it has been confirmed. Nutrien Find out more, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Gordon Davies  Mr Feretti says “supply bottlenecks” such as frequent power outages in the country are taking a “heavy toll” on the South African economy. In prior years, the delegate count for different countries was based on either where the participants lived or where their companies were headquartered. Takeda Pharmaceutical CIBC McGill University CEO Global Chief Information Officer Navdeep Bains The WEF says: We will also welcome 10 leaders under the age of 20 representing the viewpoints of younger generations, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. European shares aren’t going anywhere fast today, though Germany’s DAX has picked up a bit of steam to move into positive territory. Quartz is owned by Uzabase, the business intelligence and media company. Our team on the ground will be getting the latest lines, which I will share here. Hydro Québec is looking to export hydropower to Massachusetts, and to build solar generating stations in Quebec’s La Prairie and Varennes this spring. As in years past, the participants are mostly men, but 2020 marks the sixth year in a row that gender diversity at the elite gathering improved. The Vancouver-based mining company aims to reduce approximately $500 million in spending by the end of the year. Past attendees have included Bill … The Anishinabek Nation The gathering in the Swiss Alps for the World Economic Forum is likely to be the business event of the week, as the world’s elite rock up to catch up on the latest trends in economics, politics and beyond. By name, it matched the 2,784-person list made available to journalists. Cowan’s portfolio includes oversight of the firm’s Canadian national executive team. The three-comma contingent, which includes Jamie Dimon, Ray Dalio, and other employers of private chefs, will join a guest list of more than 2,000 attendees from 100 countries. India’s contingent of billionaire attendees is second only to the U.S., which has 33 going to Davos, according to a Bloomberg analysis of a participant list. Vice-Chancellor 21 January 2020. The criticism comes as part of the group’s latest World Economic Outlook report, in which it also cut its expectations from global growth. Reic is responsible for the pharmaceutical company’s operations in Europe and Canada.