Highlights from the World Economy Summit

‘I need clarity, and then I need consistency’: GM’s Mary Barra on steering through tariffs
Steve Bannon says Elon Musk should provide ‘specific accounting’ of fraud uncovered by DOGE
US President Donald Trump is ‘eroding’ the US brand, has made the country 20% poorer, Citadel chief says
The Trump administration seems ‘very focused on the success’ of AI, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says Democrats will win back control of the Senate in 2026
Consumers may worry, but they’re still spending, Mastercard CEO says
‘Rural health care will cease to exist’ if Trump cuts Medicaid, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear warns
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The FDA has “no plans” to pull abortion pill mifepristone, its commissioner Marty Makary said
The Trump administration’s “unprecedented” attack on Harvard will harm the school’s global contributions and fail to achieve the goal of combatting antisemitism on campus, PSP Partners founder and former US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said
Tariffs pose a threat to US small businesses, PayPal’s CEO Alex Chriss warned
But the US can emerge stronger after the trade turmoil, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby added
Investors and executives need to know President Donald Trump’s policy endgame to be able to make decisions, Carlyle Group CEO Harvey Schwartz said
The federal lawyers who filed a confidential memo in court detailing what they saw as weaknesses in the Department of Transportation’s plan to fight New York’s congestion pricing program should “absolutely” face consequences for filing it, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said
A return to the pre-trade war status quo between the US and China is “inconceivable” under the Donald Trump administration, top geopolitical analyst Ian Bremmer predicted
WeWork is counting on tariff uncertainty to fill its office space
Australia’s ambassador to the US called for swift trade deal between the US and China
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CEOs are afraid to criticize President Trump in public, Carlyle Chair David Rubenstein said
Wall Street is “missing the thematic power” of compute at “gargantuan scale,” CoreWeave’s CEO Michael Intrator noted
The behavior of consumers on Uber hasn’t changed, despite what the news might suggest, the company’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said
Abu Dhabi’s investment firm MGX sees the US on the ‘bleeding edge’ for AI technology, its CIO for artificial intelligence Ali Osman said
“Make no mistake:” tariffs will increase the prices of products, Bayer COO Sebastian Guth warned
Global investors won’t necessarily flee US, but they need more predictability, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said
US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the Trump administration’s review of national monument designations
There is an “emotional recession happening” in US workplaces, Gallup CEO Jon Clifton warned
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