The gathering at Davos has been shorthand for the prevailing political orthodoxy - an assembly of well-heeled elites and corporate power brokers who exulted in the dogmas of globalization and cloaked themselves in the bromides of a liberal age.
Donald Trump and the wave of populist, illiberal leaders that have come to the fore in the West over the past decade found a useful punching bag in the form of 'Davos Man.' The globalization and internationalist spirit long championed at Davos is, in their view, the source of much of what ails their countries.
Their angry nationalism is a rejection of two decades of rampant liberalism - or, as critics on the left would put it, neoliberalism - that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Trump says he will slap tariffs on the exports of geopolitical adversaries and allies alike, a move that could trigger a sprawling set of retaliatory actions that may upend global trade.
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