Pope Francis on Thursday urged political, economic and business leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos to keep close oversight of the development of artificial intelligence, warning the technology can exacerbate a growing "crisis of truth".

“I’m pretty comfortable with the market expectations for the upcoming two meetings,” the Dutch central banker told Bloomberg TV. “I’m not convinced yet that we need to go into stimulative mode.”

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with global finance and business leaders including Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon during a private lunch in Davos on Tuesday.

Last year, Mark Rutte attended the Davos gathering as Dutch prime minister while angling for his current job as secretary general of NATO, praising Trump for pushing Europeans to step up defense spending. That view — somewhat controversial then — is now widely accepted.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism about U.S.-China relations and urged China's intervention to end Russia's war in Ukraine. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump highlighted China's significant influence over the situation and called for collaborative efforts to halt the conflict.

Dimon's comments Wednesday come as Trump has threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on products from Mexico and Canada by February 1 and a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports. Earlier Wednesday, Trump also teased the notion of imposing "taxes, tariffs, and sanctions" on Russia if it doesn't end its war against Ukraine.

"We actually no longer call it EV. We call it EIV. 'I' stands for intelligent," Pan Jian, a cochair of CATL, told a WEF panel in Davos, Switzerland.

China is not seeking a trade surplus and is willing to import more competitive and high-quality products and services to balance trade, Ding Xuexiang, the country's vice premier, said on Tuesday. Addressing the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos,

President Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, asserting unprecedented executive power and daring anyone to stop him.

Trump said that China holds great power in resolving the current situation and expressed willingness to work together to end the war in Ukraine. He also said Ukraine was ready for a deal.

Donald Trump sparked outrage and mockery after delivering the first major economic speech of his second presidency. The newly inaugurated president spoke Thursday morning at the World Economic Forum in Davos,